EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT SERIES 472 


PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT 
OE THE MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS OF THE 
EUROPEAN AXIS 


AGREEMENT 


BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 


AND 


THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE UNITED KINGDOM 
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, AND 
THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 


Signed at London August 8,1945 
Effective August 8, 1945 


AND 

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Signed at Berlin October 6, 1945 


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Publication 2461 






AGREEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA, THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT 
OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN 
IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF 
SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS FOR THE PROSECUTION 
AND PUNISHMENT OF THE MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS OF 
THE EUROPEAN AXIS. 

Whereas the United Nations have from time to time made declara¬ 
tions of then intention that War Criminals shall be brought to justice; 

And whereas the Moscow Declaration of the 30th October 1943 
on German atrocities in Occupied Europe stated that those German 
Officers and men and members of the Nazi Party who have been 
responsible for or have taken a consenting part in atrocities and 
crimes will be sent back to the countries in which their abominable 
deeds wei:e dope,jn. order that they may be judged and punished 
according to the laws of these liberated countries and of the free 
Governments that will be created therein: 

And whereas this Declaration was stated to be without prejudice 
to the case of major criminals whose offenses have no particular 
geographical location and who will be punished by the joint decision 
* of the Governments of the Allies; 

N ow THEREFORE the Government of the United States of America, 
the Provisional Government of the French Republic, the Government 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 
the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (herein¬ 
after called “the Signatories”) acting in the interests of all the United 
Nations and by their representatives duly authorized thereto have 
concluded this Agreement. 

Article 1. 

There shall be established after consultation with the Control 
Council for Germany an International Military Tribunal for the trial 
of war criminals whose offenses have no particular geographical loca¬ 
tion whether they be accused individually or in their capacity as 
members of organizations or groups or in both capacities. 

Article 2. 

The constitution, jurisdiction and functions of the International 
Military Tribunal shall be those set out in the Charter annexed to this 
Agreement, which Charter shall form an integral part of this 
Agreement. 

Article 3. 

Each of the Signatories shall take the necessary steps to make 
available for the investigation of the charges and trial the major war 

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criminals detained by them who are to be tried by the International 
Military Tribunal. The Signatories shall also use their best endeavors 
to make available for investigation of the charges against and the trial 
before the International Military Tribunal such of the major war 
criminals as are not in the territories of any of the Signatories. 

Article 4- 

Nothing in this Agreement shall prejudice the provisions established 
by the Moscow Declaration concerning the return of war criminals to 
the countries where they committed their crimes. 

Article 5. 

Any Government of the United Nations may adhere to this Agree¬ 
ment by notice given through the diplomatic channel to the Govern¬ 
ment of the United Kingdom, who shall inform the other signatory and 
adhering Governments of each such adherence. 

Article 6. 

Nothing in this Agreement shall prejudice the jurisdiction or the 
powers of any national or occupation court established or to be 
established in any allied territory or in Germany for the trial of war 
criminals. 

Article 7. 

. This Agreement shall come into force on the day of signature and 
shall remain in force for the period of one year and shall continue 
thereafter, subject to the right of any Signatory to give, through the 
diplomatic channel, one month’s notice of intention to terminate it. 
Such termination shall not prejudice any proceedings already taken 
or any findings already made in pursuance of this Agreement. 

In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the present 
Agreement. 

Done in quadruplicate in London this 8'^^ day of August 1945 each 
in English, French and Russian, and each text to have equal 
authenticity. 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Robert H. Jackson 

FOR THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC 
Robert Falco 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF 
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 

JOWITT C. 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST 

REPUBLICS 

II. HHKHTUeHKO 
A. TpafiHHH 


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CHARTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL 

I. Constitution of the 
International Military Tribunal 

Article 1. 

In pursuance of the Agreement signed on the 8“* day of August 
1945 by the Government of the United States of America, the Pro¬ 
visional Government of the French Republic, the Government of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 
Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, there shall 
be established an International Military Tribunal (hereinafter called 
“the Tribunal”) for the just and prompt trial and punishment of the 
major war criminals of the European Axis. 

Article 2. 

The Tribunal shall consist of four members, each with an alternate. 
One member and one alternate shall be appointed by each of the 
Signatories. The alternates shall, so far as they are able, be present 
at all sessions of the Tribunal. In case of illness of any member of the 
Tribunal or his incapacity for some other reason to fulfill his func¬ 
tions, his alternate shall take his place. 

Article 3. 

Neither the Tribunal, its members nor their alternates can be 
challenged by the prosecution, or by the Defendants or their Counsel. 
Each Signatory may replace its member of the Tribunal or his alter¬ 
nate for reasons of health or for other good reasons, except that no 
replacement may take place during a Trial, other than by an alternate. 

Article 4- 

(a) The presence of all four members of the Tribunal or the alter¬ 
nate for any absent member shall be necessary to constitute 
the quorum. 

(b) The members of the Tribunal shall, before any trial begins, 
agree among themselves upon the selection from their number 
of a President, and the President shall hold office during that 
trial, or as may otherwise be agreed by a vote of not less than 
three members. The principle of rotation of presidency for 
successive trials is agreed. If, however, a session of the Tri¬ 
bunal takes place on the territory of one of the four Signa¬ 
tories, the representative of that Signatory on the Tribunal 
shall preside. 

(c) Save as aforesaid the Tribunal shall take decisions by a major¬ 
ity vote and in case the votes are evenly divided, the vote of 
the President shall be decisive: provided always that convic¬ 
tions and sentences shall only be imposed by affirmative votes 
of at least three members of the Tribunal. 


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Article 5, 

In case of need and depending on the number of the matters to 
be tried, other Tribunals may be set up; and the establishment, func¬ 
tions, and procedure of each Tribunal shall be identical, and shall be 
governed by this Charter. 

II. Jurisdiction and General Principles 


Article 6, 

The Tribunal established by the Agreement referred to in Article 1 
hereof for the trial and punishment of the major war criminals of 
the European Axis countries shall have the power to try and punish 
persons who, acting in the interests of the European Axis countries, 
whether as individuals or as members of organizations, committed 
any of the following crimes. 

The following acts, or any of them, are crimes coming within the 
jurisdiction of the Tribunal for which there shall be individual re¬ 
sponsibility : 

(a) CRIMES AGAINST PEACE: namely, planning, preparation, ini¬ 
tiation or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of 
international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participa¬ 
tion in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of 
any of the foregoing; 

(b) WAR crimes: namely, violations of the laws or customs of war. 
Such violations shall include, but not be limited to, murder, 
ill-treatment or deportation to slave labor or for any other 
purpose of civilian population of or in occupied territory, 
murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the 
seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, 
wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or devastation 
not justified by military necessity; 

(c) CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: namely, murder, extermination, 
enslavement, deportation, and other inhumane acts committed 
against any civilian population, before or during the war; f’] 
or persecutions on political, racial or religious grounds in 
execution of or in connection with any crime within the juris¬ 
diction of the Tribunal, whether or not in violation of the 
domestic law of the country where perpetrated. 

Leaders, organizers, instigators and accomplices participating in 
the formulation or execution of a common plan or conspiracy to 

1 [The contracting governments signed a protocol at Berlin on Oct. 6, 1945 
{post, p. 45) which provides that this semicolon in the English text should be 
changed to a comma.] 



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commit any of the foregoing crimes are responsible for all acts per¬ 
formed by any persons in execution of such plan. 

Article 7. 

The official position of defendants, whether as Heads of State or 
responsible officials in Government Departments, shall not be con¬ 
sidered as freeing them from responsibility or mitigating punishment. 

Article 8. 

The fact that the Defendant acted pursuant to order of his Govern¬ 
ment or of a superior shall not free him from responsibility, but may 
be considered in mitigation of punishment if the Tribunal determines 
that justice so requires. 

Article 9. 

At the trial of any individual member of any group or organization 
the Tribunal may declare (in connection with any act of which the 
individual may be convicted) that the group or organization of which 
the individual was a member was a criminal organization. 

After receipt of the Indictment the Tribunal shall give such notice 
as it thinks fit that the prosecution intends to ask the Tribunal to 
make such declaration and any member of the organization will be 
entitled to apply to the Tribunal for leave to be heard by the Tribunal 
upon the question of the criminal character of the organization. The 
Tribunal shall have power to allow or reject the application. If the 
application is allowed, the Tribunal may direct in what manner the 
applicants shall be represented and heard. 

Article 10. 

In cases where a group or organization is declared criminal by the 
Tribunal, the competent national authority of any Signatory shall 
have the right to bring individuals to trial for membership therein 
before national, military or occupation courts. Iq any such case the 
criminal nature of the group or organization is considered proved and 
shall not be questioned. 

Article 11. 

Any person convicted by the Tribunal may be charged before a 
national, military or occupation court, referred to in Article 10 of 
this Charter, with a crime other than of membership in a criminal 
group or organization and such court may, after convicting him, impose 
upon him punishment independent of and additional to the punish¬ 
ment imposed by the Tribunal for participation in the criminal 
activities of such group or organization. 

Article 12. 

The Tribunal shall have the right to take proceedings against a 
person charged with crimes set out in Article 6 of this Charter in 


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his absence, if he has not been found or if the Tribunal, for any 
reason, finds it necessary, in the interests of justice, to conduct the 
hearing in his absence. 

Article IS. 

The Tribunal shall draw up rules for its procedure. These rules 
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter. 

III. Committee for the Investigation and Prosecution of 
Major War Criminals 

Article 14- 

Each Signatory shall appoint a Chief Prosecutor for the investiga¬ 
tion of the charges against and the prosecution of major war criminals. 

The Chief Prosecutors shall act as a committee for the following 
purposes; 

(a) to agree upon a plan of the individual work of each of the 
Chief Prosecutors and his staff, 

(b) to settle the final designation of major war criminals to be 
tried by the Tribunal, 

(c) to approve the Indictment and the documents to be sub¬ 
mitted therewith, 

(d) to lodge the Indictment and the accompanying documents 
with the Tribunal, 

(e) to draw up and recommend to the Tribunal for its approval 
draft rules of procedure, contemplated by Article 13 of this 
Charter. The Tribunal shall have power to accept, with or 
without amendments, or to reject, the rules so recommended. 

The Committee shall act in all the above matters by a majority 
vote and shall appoint a Chairman as may be convenient and in 
accordance with the principle of rotation: provided that if there is an 
equal division of vote concerning the designation of a Defendant to 
be tried by the Tribunal, or the crimes with which he shall be charged, 
that proposal will be adopted which was made by the party which 
proposed that the particular Defendant be tried, or the particular 
charges be preferred against him. 

Article 15. 

The Chief Prosecutors shall individually, and acting in collabora¬ 
tion with one another, also undertake the following duties: 

(a) investigation, collection and production before or at the Trial 
of all necessary evidence, 

(b) the preparation of the Indictment for approval by the Com¬ 
mittee in accordance with paragraph (c) of Article 14 hereof, 

(c) the preliminary examination of all necessary witnesses and of 
the Defendants, 


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(d) to act as prosecutor at the Trial, 

(e) to appoint representatives to carry out such duties as may be 
assigned to them, 

(f) to undertake such other matters as may appear necessary to 
them for the purposes of the preparation for and conduct of 
the Trial. 

It is understood that no witness or Defendant detained by any 
Signatory shall be taken out of the possession of that Signatory 
without its assent. 

IV. Fair Trial for Defendants 

Article 16. 

In order to ensure fair trial for the Defendants, the following pro¬ 
cedure shall be followed: 

(a) The Indictment shall include full particulars specifying in 
detail the charges against the Defendants. A copy of the 
Indictment and of all the documents lodged with the Indict¬ 
ment, translated into a language which he understands, shall 
be furnished to the Defendant at a reasonable time before the 
Trial. 

(b) During any preliminary examination or trial of a Defendant he 
shall have the right to give any explanation relevant to the 
charges made against him. 

(c) A preliminary examination of a Defendant and his Trial shall 
be conducted in, or translated into, a language which the De¬ 
fendant understands. 

(d) A defendant shall have the right to conduct his own defense 
before the Tribunal or to have the assistance of Counsel. 

(e) A defendant shall have the right through himself or through 
his Counsel to present evidence at the Trial in support of his 
defense, and to cross-examine any witness called by the Pros¬ 
ecution. 

V. Powers of the Tribunal and Conduct of the Trial 
Article 17. 

The Tribunal shall have the power 

(a) to summon witnesses to the Trial and to require their attend¬ 
ance and testimony and to put questions to them, 

(b) to interrogate any Defendant, 

(c) to require the production of documents and other evidentiary 
material, 

(d) to administer oaths to witnesses, 

(e) to appoint officers for the carrying out of any task designated 

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by the Tribunal including the power to have evidence taken 
on commission. 

Article 18. 

The Tribunal shall 

(a) confine the Trial strictly to an expeditious hearing of the 
issues raised by the charges, 

(b) take strict measures to prevent any action which will cause 
unreasonable delay, and rule out irrelevant issues and state¬ 
ments of any kind whatsoever, 

(c) deal summarily with any contumacy, imposing appropriate 
punishment, including exclusion of any Defendant or his 
Counsel from some or all further proceedings, but without 
prejudice to the determination of the charges. 

Article 19. 

The Tribunal shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence. 
It shall adopt and apply to the greatest possible extent expeditious 
and non-technical procedure, and shall admit any evidence which it 
deems to have probative value. 

Article 20. 

The Tribunal may require to be informed of the nature of any 
evidence before it is offered so that it may rule upon the relevance 
thereof. 

Article 21. 

The Tribunal shall not require proof of facts of common knowledge 
but shall take judicial notice thereof. It shall also take judicial notice 
of official governmental documents and reports of the United Nations, 
including the acts and documents of the committees set up in the 
various allied countries for the investigation of war crimes, and the 
records and findings of military or other Tribunals of any of the 
United Nations. 

Article 22. 

The permanent seat of the Tribunal shall be in Berlin. The first 
meetings of the members of the Tribunal and of the Chief Prosecutors 
shall be held at Berlin in a place to be designated by the Control Coun¬ 
cil for Germany. The first trial shall be held at Nuremberg, and any 
subsequent trials shall be held at such places as the Tribunal may 
decide. 

Article 23. 

One or more of the Chief Prosecutors may take part in the prosecu¬ 
tion at each Trial. The function of any Chief Prosecutor may be 
discharged by him personally, or by any person or persons authorized 
by him. 


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The function of Counsel for a Defendant may be discharged at 
the Defendant’s request by any Counsel professionally qualified to 
conduct cases before the Courts of his own country, or by any other 
person who may be specially authorized thereto by the Tribunal. 

Article 24. 

The proceedings at the Trial shall take the following course: 

(a) The Indictment shall be read in court. 

(b) The Tribunal shall ask each Defendant whether he pleads 
“guilty” or “not guilty”. 

(c) The prosecution shall make an opening statement. 

(d) The Tribunal shall ask the prosecution and the defense what 
evidence (if any) they wish to submit to the Tribunal, and the 
Tribunal shall rule upon the admissibility of any such evidence, 

(e) The witnesses for the Prosecution shall be examined and after 
that the witnesses for the Defense, Thereafter such rebutting 
evidence as may be held by the Tribunal to be admissible shall 
be called by either the Prosecution or the Defense. 

(f) The Tribunal may put any question to any witness and to any 
Defendant, at any time. 

(g) The Prosecution and the Defense shall interrogate and may 
cross-examine any witnesses and any Defendant who gives 
testimony. 

(h) The Defense shall address the court. 

(i) The Prosecution shall address the court. 

(j) Each Defendant may make a statement to the Tribunal. 

(k) The Tribunal shall deliver judgment and pronounce sentence. 

Article 25. 

All official documents shall be produced, and all court proceedings 
conducted, in English, French and Russian, and in the language of 
the Defendant. So much of the record and of the proceedings may 
also be translated into the language of any country in which the 
Tribunal is sitting, as the Tribunal considers desirable in the interests 
of justice and public opinion. 

VI. Judgment and Sentence 

Article 26. 

The judgment of the Tribunal as to the guilt or the innocence of any 
Defendant shall give the reasons on which it is based, and shall be 
final and not subject to review. 

Article 27. 

The Tribunal shall have the right to impose upon a Defendant, on 
conviction, death or such other punishment as shall be determined by 
it to be just. 


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Article 28. 

In addition to any punishment imposed by it, the Tribunal shall 
have the right to deprive the convicted person of any stolen property 
and order its delivery to the Control Council for Germany. 

Article 29. 

In case of guilt, sentences shall be carried out in accordance with the 
orders of the Control Council for Germany, which may at any time 
reduce or otherwise alter the sentences, but may not increase the 
severity thereof. If the Control Council for Germany, after any De¬ 
fendant has been convicted and sentenced, discovers fresh evidence 
which, in its opinion, would found a fresh charge against him, the 
Council shall report accordingly to the Committee established under 
Article 14 hereof, for such action as they may consider proper, having 
regard to the interests of justice. 

VII. Expenses 

Article 30. 

The expenses of the Tribunal and of the Trials, shall be charged by 
the Signatories against the funds allotted for maintenance of the 
Control Council for Germany. 


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AGREEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KING¬ 
DOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, THE 
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH RE- 
PUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF SOVIET 
SOCIALIST REPUBLICS FOR THE PROSECUTION AND 
PUNISHMENT OF THE MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS OF THE 
EUROPEAN AXIS. 

Whereas the United Nations have from time to time made declara¬ 
tions of their intention that War Criminals shall be brought to justice; 

And whereas the Moscow Declaration of the 30th October 1943 
on German atrocities in Occupied Europe stated that those German 
officers and men and members of the Nazi Party who have been re¬ 
sponsible for or have taken a consenting part in atrocities and crimes 
will be sent back to the countries in which their abominable deeds 
were done in order that they may be judged and punished according 
to the laws of these liberated countries and of the free Governments 
that will be created therein; 

And whereas this Declaration was stated to be without prejudice 
to the case of major criminals whose offences have no particular 
geographical location and who will be punished by the joint decision 
of the Governments of the Allies; 

Now THEREFORE the Government of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of the United States 
of America, the Provisional Government of the French Republic and 
the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (herein¬ 
after called ‘Uhe Signatories”) acting in the interests of all the United 
Nations and by their representatives duly authorised thereto have 
concluded this Agreement. 

Article 1. 

There shall be established after consultation with the Control 
Council for Germany an International Military Tribunal for the 
trial of war criminals whose offences have no particidar geographical 
location whether they be accused individually or in their capacity as 
members of organisations or groups or in both capacities. 

Article 2. 

The constitution, jurisdiction and functions of the International 
Military Tribunal shall be those set out in the Charter annexed to 
this Agreement, which Charter shall form an integral part of this 
Agreement. 

Article 3. 

Each of the Signatories shall take the necessary steps to make 
available for the investigation of the charges and trial the major war 


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criminals detained by them who are to be tried by the International 
Military Tribunal. The Signatories shall also use their best endeavours 
to make available for investigation of the charges against and the 
trial before the International Military Tribunal such of the major 
war criminals' as are not in the territories of any of the Signatories. 

Article 4-^ 

Nothing in this Agreement shall prejudice the provisions established 
by the Moscow Declaration concerning the return of war criminals 
to the countries where they committed their crimes. 

Article 5. 

Any Government of the United Nations may adhere to this Agree¬ 
ment by notice given through the diplomatic channel to the Govern¬ 
ment of the United Kingdom, who shall inform the other signatory 
and adhering Governments of each such adherence. 

Article 6. 

Nothing in this Agreement shall prejudice the jurisdiction or the 
powers of any national or occupation court established or to be 
established in any allied territory or in Germany for the trial of war 
criminals. 

Article 7. 

This Agreement shall come into force on the day of signature and 
shall remain in force for the period of one year and shall continue 
thereafter, subject to the right of any Signatory to give, through the 
diplomatic channel, one month’s notice of intention to terminate it. 
Such termination shall not prejudice any proceedmgs already taken 
or any findings already made in pursuance of this Agreement. 

In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the present 
Agreement. 

Done iu quadruplicate in London this 8’^*’ day of August, 1945, each 
in English, French and Russian, and each text to have equal authen¬ 
ticity. 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT 
BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 

Jo WITT C. 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Robert H Jackson 

FOR THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC 
Robert Falco 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST 

REPUBLICS 

II. Khkhtuchko 
A. TpaniiHH 


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CHARTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL. 

I. Constitution of the International Military Tribunal. 
Article 1. 

In pursuance of the Agreement signed on the 8 August, 1945, by 
the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland, the Government of the United States of America, the Pro¬ 
visional Government of the French Republic and the Government of 
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, there shall be established an 
International Military Tribunal (hereinafter called “the Tribunal”) 
for the just and prompt trial and punishment of the major war crim¬ 
inals of the European Axis. 

Article 2. 

The Tribunal shall consist of four members, each with an alternate. 
One member and one alternate shall be appointed by each of the 
Signatories. The alternates shall, so far as they are able, be present 
at all sessions of the Tribunal. In case of illness of any member of 
the Tribunal or his incapacity for some other reason to fulfil his 
functions, his alternate shall take his place. 

Article 3. 

Neither the Tribunal, its members nor their alternates can be 
challenged by the prosecution, or by the Defendants or their Counsel. 
Each Signatory may replace its member of the Tribunal or his alter¬ 
nate for reasons of health or for other good reasons, except that no 
replacement may take place during a Trial, other than by an alternate. 

Article 4- 

(a) The presence of all four members of the Tribunal or the alter¬ 
nate for any absent member shall be necessary to constitute 
the quorum. 

(b) The members of the Tribunal shall, before any trial begins, 
agree among themselves upon the selection from their number 
of a President, and the President shall hold office during that 
trial, or as may otherwise be agreed by a vote of not less than 
three members. The principle of rotation of presidency for 
successive trials is agreed. If, however, a session of the Tri¬ 
bunal takes place on the territory of one of the four Signatories, 
the representative of that Signatory on the Tribunal shall 
preside. 

(c) Save as aforesaid the Tribunal shall take decisions by a majority 
vote and in case the votes are evenly divided, the vote of the 
President shall be decisive: provided always that convictions 
and sentences shall only be imposed by affirmative votes of at 
least three members of the Tribunal. 


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Article 6. 

In case of need and depending on the number of the matters to be 
tried, other Tribunals may be set up; and the establishment, functions, 
and procedure of each Tribunal shall be identical, and shall be governed 
by this Charter. 

II. Jurisdiction and General Principles. 


Article 6. 

The Tribunal established by the Agreement referred to in Article 1 
hereof for the trial and punishment of the major war criminals of the 
European Axis countries shall have the power to try and punish per¬ 
sons who, acting in the interests of the European Axis countries, 
whether as individuals or as members of organisations, committed any 
of the following crimes. 

The following acts, or any of them, are crimes coming within the 
jurisdiction of the Tribunal for which there shall be individual re¬ 
sponsibility: 

(a) CRIMES AGAINST PEACE! namely, planning, preparation, initia¬ 
tion or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of 
international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participa¬ 
tion in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of 
any of the foregoing; 

(b) WAR crimes: namely, violations of the laws or customs of war. 
Such violations shall include, but not be limited to, murder, 
ill-treatment or deporation to slave labour or for any other 
purpose of civilian population of or in occupied territory, 
murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the 
seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, 
wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or devastation 
not justified by military necessity; 

(c) CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY! namely, murder, extermination, 
enslavement, deportation, and other inhumane acts committed 
against any civilian population, before or during the war; [^] or 
persecutions on political, racial or religious grounds in execu¬ 
tion of or in connection with any crime within the jurisdictior 
of the Tribunal, whether or not in violation of the domestic 
law of the country where perpetrated. 

Leaders, organisers, instigators and accomplices participating in 
the formulation or execution of a common plan or conspiracy to com¬ 
mit any of the foregoing crimes are responsible for all acts performed 
by any persons in execution of such plan. 

1 [The contracting governments signed a protocol at Berlin on Oct. 6,1945 {post, 
p. 45) which provides that this semicolon in the English text should be changed to 
a comma.] 


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Article 7. 

The official position of defendants, whether as Heads of State or 
responsible officials in Government Departments, shall not be con¬ 
sidered as freeing them from responsibility or mitigating punishment. 

Article 8. 

The fact that the Defendant acted pursuant to order of his Govern¬ 
ment or of a superior shall not free him from responsibility, but may 
be considered in mitigation of punishment if the Tribunal determines 
that justice so requires. 

Article 9. 

At the trial of any individual member of any group or organisation 
the Tribunal may declare (in connection with any act of which the 
individual may be convicted) that the group or organisation of which 
the individual was a member was a criminal organisation. 

After receipt of the Indictment the Tribunal shall give such notice 
as it thiidcs fit that the prosecution intends to ask the Tribunal to 
make such declaration and any member of the organisation will be 
entitled to apply to the Tribunal for leave to be heard by the Tribunal 
upon the question of the criminal character of the organisation. The 
Tribunal shall have power to allow or reject the application. If the 
application is allowed, the Tribunal may direct in what manner the 
applicants shall be represented and heard. 

Article 10. 

In cases where a group or organisation is declared criminal by the 
Tribunal, the competent national authority of any Signatory shall 
have the right to bring individuals to trial for membership therein 
before national, military or occupation courts. In any such case the 
criminal nature of the group or organisation is considered proved and 
shall not be questioned. 

Article 11. 

Any person convicted by the Tribunal may be charged before a 
national, military or occupation court, referred to in Article 10 of 
this Charter, with a crime other than of membership in a criminal 
group or organisation and such court may, after convicting him, 
impose upon him punishment independent of and additional to the 
punishment imposed by the Tribunal for participation in the criminal 
activities of such group or organisation. 

Article 12. 

The Tribunal shall have the right to take proceedings against a 
person charged with crimes set out in Article 6 of this Charter in his 
absence, if he has not been found or if the Tribunal, for any reason. 


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finds it necessary, in the interests of justice, to conduct the hearing 
in his absence. 

Article 13. 

The Tribunal shall draw up rules for its procedure. These rules 
shall not he inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter. 

III. Committee foe the Investigation and Prosecution of Major 
War Criminals. 

Article 14- 

Each Signatory shall appoint a Chief Prosecutor for the investiga¬ 
tion of the charges against and the prosecution of major war criminals. 

The Chief Prosecutors shall act as a committee for the following 
purposes: 

(a,) to agree upon a plan of the individual work of each of the Chief 
Prosecutors and his staff, 

(b) to settle the final designation of major war criminals to be tried 
by the Tribunal, 

(c) to approve the Indictment and the documents to be submitted 
therewith, 

(d) to lodge the Indictment and the accompanying documents with 
the Tribunal, 

(e) to draw up and recommend to the Tribunal for its approval 
draft rules of procedure, contemplated by Article 13 of this 
Charter. The Tribunal shall have power to accept, with or 
without amendments, or to reject, the rules so recommended. 

The Committee shall act in all the above matters by a majority 
vote and shall appoint a Chairman as may be convenient and in 
accordance with the principle of rotation: provided that if there is 
an equal division of vote concerning the designation of a Defendant 
to be tried by the Tribunal, or the crimes with which he shall be 
charged, that proposal will be adopted which was made by-the party 
which proposed that the particular Defendant be tried, or the particu¬ 
lar charges be preferred against him. 

Article 15. 

The Chief Prosecutors shall individually, and acting in collabora¬ 
tion with one another, also undertake the following duties: 

(a) investigation collection and production before or at the Trial 
of all necessary evidence, 

(b) the preparation of the Indictment for approval by the Com¬ 
mittee in accordance with paragraph (c) of Article 14 hereof, 

(c) the preliminary examination of all necessary witnesses and of 
the Defendants, 

(d) to aet as prosecutor at the Trial, 


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(e) to appoint representatives to carry out such duties as may be 
assigned to them, 

(f) to undertake such other matters as may appear necessary to 
them for the purposes of the preparation for and conduct of the 
Trial, 

It is understood that no witness or Defendant detained by any 
Signatory shall be taken out of the possession of that Signatory 
without its assent. 

IV. Fair Trial For Defendants. 

Article 16. 

In order to ensure fair trial for the Defendants, the following pro¬ 
cedure shall be followed; 

(a) The Indictment shall include full particulars specifying in 
detail the charges against the Defendants. A copy of the 
Indictment and of all the documents lodged with the Indict¬ 
ment, translated into a language which he understands, shall 
be furnished to the Defendant at a reasonable time before the 
Trial. 

(b) During any preliminary examination or trial of a Defendant 
he shall have the right to give any explanation relevant to the 
charges made against him. 

(c) A preliminary examination of a Defendant and his Trial shall 
be conducted in, or translated into, a language which the 
Defendant understands, 

(d) A defendant shall have the right to conduct his own defence 
before the Tribunal or to have the assistance of Council. 

(e) A defendant shall have the right through himself or through 
his Councel to present evidence at the Trial in support of his 
defence, and to cross-examine any witness called by the 
Prosecution. 

V. Powers of the Tribunal and Conduct of the Trial. 
Article 17. 

The Tribunal shall have the power 

(a) to summon witnesses to the Trial and to require their attend¬ 
ance and testimony and to put questions to them, 

(b) to interrogate any Defendant, 

(c) to require the production of documents and other evidentiary 
material, 

(d) to administer oaths to witnesses; 

(e) to appoint officers for the carrying out of any task designated 
by the Tribunal including the power to have evidence taken on 
commission. 


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Article 18. 

The Tribunal shall 

(a) confine the Trial strictly to an expeditious hearing of the issues 
raised by the charges, 

(b) take strict measures to prevent any action which will cause 
unreasonable delay, and rule out irrelevant issues and state¬ 
ments of any kind whatsoever, 

(c) deal summarily with any contumacy, imposing appropriate 
punishment, including exclusion of any Defendant or his 
Counsel from some or all further proceedings, but without 
prejudice to the determination of the charges. 

Article 19. 

The Tribunal shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence. 
It shall adopt and apply to the greatest possible extent expeditions 
and non-technical procedure, and shall admit any evidence which it 
deems to have probative value. 

Article 20. 

The Tribunal may require to be informed of the nature of any 
evidence before it is offered so that it may rule upon the relevance 
thereof. 

Article 21. 

The Tribunal shall not require proof of facts of common knowledge 
but shall take judicial notice thereof. It shall also take judicial 
notice of official governmental documents and reports of the United 
Nations, including the acts and documents of the committees set up 
in the various allied countries for the investigation of war crimes, and 
the records and findings of military or other Tribunals of any of the 
United Nations. 

Article 22. 

The permanent seat of the Tribunal shall be in Berlin. The first 
meetings of the members of the Tribunal and of the Chief Prose¬ 
cutors shall be held at Berlin in a place to be designated by the Control 
Council for Germany. The first trial shall be held at Nuremberg, 
and any subsequent trials shall be held at such places as the Tri¬ 
bunal may decide. 

Article 23. 

One or more of the Chief Prosecutors may take part in the prose¬ 
cution at each Trial. The function of any Chief Prosecutor may be 
discharged by him personally, or by any person or persons authorised 
by him. 

The function of Counsel for a Defendant may be discharged at the 
Defendant’s request by any Counsel professionally qualified to conduct 


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cases before the Courts of his own country, or by any other person who 
may be specially authorised thereto by the Tribunal. 

Article 24-. 

The proceedings at the Trial shall take the following course: 

(a) The Indictment shall be read in court, 

(b) The Tribunal shall ask each Defendant whether he pleads 
‘‘guilty” or “not guilty”. 

(c) The prosecution shall make an opening statement. 

(d) The Tribunal shall ask the prosecution and the defence what 
evidence (if any) they wish to submit to the Tribunal, and 
the Tribunal shall rule upon the admissibility of any such 
evidence. 

(e) The witnesses for the Prosecution shall be examined and after 
that the witnesses for the Defence. Thereafter such rebutting 
evidence as may be held by the Tribunal to be admissible shall 
be called by either the Prosecution or the Defence. 

(f) The Tribunal may put any question to any witness and to any 
Defendant, at any time. 

(g) The Prosecution and the Defence shall interrogate and may 
cross-examine any witnesses and any Defendant who gives 
testimony. 

(h) The Defence shall address the court. 

(i) The Prosecution shall address the court. 

(j) Each Defendant may make a statement to the Tribunal. 

(k) The Tribunal shall deliver judgment and pronounce sentence. 

Article 25. 

All official documents shall be produced, and all court proceedings 
conducted, iu English, French and Russian, and in the language of the 
Defendant. So much of the record and of the proceedings may also 
be translated into the language of any country in which the Tribunal 
is sitting, as the Tribunal considers desirable in the interests of justice 
and public opinion. 

VI. Judgment and Sentence. 

Article 26. 

The judgment of the Tribunal as to the guilt or the innocence of any 
Defendant shall give the reasons on which it is based, and shall be 
final and not subject to review. 

Article 27. 

The Tribunal shall have the right to impose upon a Defendant, on 
conviction, death or such other punishment as shall be determined 
by it to be just. 


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Article 28. 

In addition to any punishment imposed by it, the Tribunal shall 
have the right to deprive the convicted person of any stolen property 
and order its delivery to the Control Council for Germany. 

Article 29. 

In case of guilt, sentences shall be carried out in accordance with 
the orders of the Control Council for Germany, which may at any 
time reduce or otherwise alter the sentences, but may not increase 
the severity thereof. If the Control Council for Germany, after any 
Defendant has been convicted and sentenced, discovers fresh evi¬ 
dence which, in its opinion, would found a fresh charge against liim, 
the Council shall report accordingly to the Committee established 
under Article 14 hereof for such action as they may consider proper, 
having regard to the interests of justice. 

VII. Expenses. 

Article SO. 

The expenses of the Tribunal and of the Trials, shall be charged 
by the Signatories against the funds allotted for maintenance of the 
Control Council for Germany. 


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ACCORD entre le Gouvernement Provisoire de la Republique Frangaise 
et les Gouvernements des Etats-Unis d’Amerique, du Royaume-Uni de 
Grande Bretagne et de I’lrlande du Nord, et de I’Union des Republiques 
Sociabstes Sovietiques concernant la poursuite et le chatiment des 
grands criminels de guerre des Puissances Europeennes de I’Axe. 

CoNSiDEEANT que les Nations Unies ont, ^ diverses reprises, pro. 
clame leur intention de tradiiire en justice les criminels de guerre, 
CoNSiDEKANT que la Declaration publiee 4 Moscou le 30 octobre 
1943 sur les atrocites allemandes en Europe occupee a specifie que 
les officiers et soldats allemands et les membres du parti nazi qui sont 
responsables d’atrocit^s et de crimes, ou qui ont pris volontairement 
part a leur accomplissement, seront renvoyes dans les pays ou leurs 
forfaits abominables ont ete perpetres, afin qu’ils puissnt etre juges 
et punis conformement aux lois de ces pays lib4res et des Gouverne¬ 
ments libres qui y seront 4tablis; 

CoNSiDEKANT que cette Declaration 4tait faite sous reserve du cas 
des grands criminels, dont les crimes sont sans localisation geogra- 
pliique precise et qui seront punis par une decision commune des gou¬ 
vernements allies; 

En consequence, le Gouvernement Provisoire de la Republique 
Frangaise et les Gouvernements des Etats-Unis d’Amerique, du 
Royaume-Uni de Grande Bretagne et de I’lrlande du Nord, et de 
I’Union des Republiques Sociabstes Sovietiques (denommes ci-apres 
‘les Signataires”), agissant dans I’interet de toutes les Nations Unies, 
ont, par leurs Representants dument autorises, conclu le present 
Accord; 

1. Un Tribunal Mibtaire International sera 4tabli, apres consulta¬ 
tion avec le Conseil de Controle en Allemagne, pour juger les criminels 
de guerre dont les crimes sont sans localisation geographique precise, 
qu’ils soient accuses individuellement, ou a titre de membres d’or- 
ganisations ou de groupes, ou a ce double titre. 

2. La constitution, la juridiction et les fonctions du Tribunal 
Mibtaire International sont prevus dans le statut annexe au present 
Accord, ce statut formant partie integrale de I’Accord. 

3. Chaque Signataire prendra les mesures n4cessaires pour assurer 
la presence aux enqu4tes, et au proces, des grands criminels de guerre 
qii’il detient et qui devront etre juges par le Tribunal Militaire Inter¬ 
national. Les Signataires devront egalement employer tons leurs 
efforts pour assurer la presence aux enquetes et au proces devant le 
Tribunal Militaire International de ceux des grands criminels qui ne 
se trouvent pas sur le territoire de I’un des Signataires. 


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4. Aucune disposition du present Accord ne porte atteinte aux 
principes fixes par la Declaration de Moscou en ce qui concerne le 
renvoi des criminels de guerre dans les pays ou ils ont commis leurs' 
crimes. 

5. Tous les Gouvernements des Nations Unies peuvent adherer 
a cet Accord par avis donne par voie diplomatique au Gouvernement 
du Royaume-Uni, lequel notifiera chaque adhesion aux autres gou¬ 
vernements signataires et adherents. 

6. Aucune disposition du present Accord ne porte atteinte a la 
juridiction ou a la competence des tribunaux nationaux ou des tri- 
bunaux d’occupation deja etablis, ou qui seront cre4s, dans les terri- 
toires allies ou en Allemagne pour juger les criminels de guerre. 

7. Cet Accord entrera en vigueur au jour de la signature; il 
restera en vigueur pendant une periode d’un an et portera ensuite 
effet, sous reserve du droit de tout Signataire d’indiquer par la voie 
diplomatique, avec un preavis d’un mois, son intention d’y mettre 
fin. Cette resiliation ne portera pas atteinte aux mesures deja prises 
ni aux decisions deja rendues, en execution du present Accord. 

En foi de quoi les Soussignfe ont signe le present Accord. 

Etabli en quatre exemplaires a Londres ce 8®™® jour du mois d’aout 
1945 en frangais, anglais et russe, chacun des textes etant un texte 
authentique. 

POUR LE GOUVERNEMENT PROVISOIRE DE LA REPUBLIQUE 

FRANQAISE 

Robert Falco 

POUR LE GOUVERNEMENT DES ETATS-UNIS D’AMERIQUE 
Robert H Jackson 

POUR LE GOUVERNEMENT DU ROYAUME-UNI DE GRANDE-BRE- 
TAGNE ET DE LTRLANDE DU NORD 

Jo WITT C. 

POUR LE GOUVERNEMENT DE L’UNION DES RfiPUBLIQUES SO- 
CIALISTES SOVIETIQUES 

II. Hukhtughko 
A. TpauHHH 


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STATUT 

du Tribunal Militaire International. 


I. Constitution du Tribunal Militaire International. 
Article 1. 

En execution de Taccord signe le 8 Aodt 1945 par le Gouveniement 
Provisoire de la Republique Frangaise et les Gouvernements des 
Etats-Unis d’Amerique, du Royaume Uni de Grande Bretagne et de 
ITrlande du Nord, et de TUnion des Republiques Socialistes Sovi4ti- 
ques, un Tribunal Militaire International (d^nomme ci-apres ‘de 
Tribunal”) sera cr4e pour juger et punir, de fagon appropriee et sans 
delai, les grands criminels de guerre des pays europeens de I’Axe. 

Article 2. 

Le Tribunal sera conipos6 de quatre juges, assist^s chacun d’un 
suppleant. Chacune des puissances signataires d4signera un juge et 
un juge suppleant. Les suppliants devront, dans la mesure du pos¬ 
sible, assister ^ toutes les siances du Tribunal. En cas de maladie 
d’un membre du Tribunal, ou si, pour toute autre raison, il n'est pas 
en mesure de remplir ses functions, son suppleant siigera a sa place. 

Article 3. 

Ni le Tribunal, ni ses membres, ni leurs suppliants ne pourront itre 
ricusis par le Ministere Public, par les accusis, ou par les difenseurs. 
Chaque puissance signataire pourra remplacer le juge ou le suppliant 
disignis par elle, pour raisons de santi ou pour tout autre motif 
valable, mais aucun remplacement, autre que par un suppliant, ne 
devra itre effectui pendant le cours d’un proces. 

Article 4-. 

a) La prisence des quatre membres du Tribunal ou, en I’absence 
de Fun d’eux, de son suppliant, sera nicessaire pour constituer le 
quorum. 

b) Avant Fouverture de tout proces, les membres du Tribunal 
s’entendront pour disigner Fun d’entre eux comme prisident, et le 
prisident remplira ses functions pendant toute la durie du procis, a 
moins qu’il n’en soit dicidi autrement par un vote riunissant au moins 
trois voix. La prisidence sera assurie a tour de role par chaque mem¬ 
bre du Tribunal pour les proces successifs. Cependant, au cas oh le 
Tribunal siigerait sur le territoire de Fune des quatre puissances 
signataires, le reprisentant de cette puissance assumera la prisidence. 

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c) Sous reserve des dispositions precedentes, le Tribunal prendra 
ses decisions a la majorite des voix, en cas de partage egal des voix, 
ceUe du President sera pr^ponderante: 6tant entendu toutefois que les 
jugements et les peines ne seront prononces que par un vote d’au 
moins trois membres du Tribunal. 

Article 5. 

En cas de necessite et selon le nombre de proems a juger, d’autres 
Tribunaux pourront etre crees; la composition, la competence et la 
procedure de chacun de ces tribunaux seront identiques et seront 
r6gl6es par le present Statut. 

II. JuRIDICTION ET PRINCIPES G^INERAUX. 

Article 6. 

Le Tribunal 4tabli par PAccord mentionne a Particle 1. ci-dessus 
pour le jugement et le chatiment des grands criminels de guerre des 
pays europ^ens de PAxe sera competent pour juger et punir toutes 
personnes qui, agissant pour le compte des pays europ^ens de PAxe, 
auront commis, individuellement ou a titre de membres d’organisa- 
tions. Pun quelconque des crimes suivants. 

Les actes suivants, ou Pun quelconque d’entre eux, sont des crimes 
soumis a la juridiction du Tribunal et entrainent une responsabilite 
individuelle: 

a) LES CRIMES coNTRE LA PAix: c’est k dire la direction, la prepara¬ 
tion, le declenchement ou la poursuite d’une guerre degression, 
ou d’une guerre en violation des traites, assurances ou accords 
internationaux, ou la participation a un plan concerte ou a un 
complot pour Paccomplissement de Pun quelconque des actes 
qui precedent; 

b) LES CRIMES DE GUERRE! c’est k dire les violations des lois et 
coutumes de la guerre. Ces violations comprennent, sans y 
etre limitees, Passassinat, les mauvais traitements et la deporta¬ 
tion pour des travaux forces, ou pour tout autre but, des popula¬ 
tions civiles dans les territoires occupes, Passassinat ou les mau¬ 
vais traitements de prisonniers de guerre ou des personnes en 
mer, Pex4cution des otages, le pillage des biens publics ou 
prives, la destruction sans motif des viUes et des villages, ou la 
devastation que ne justifient pas les exigences militaires; 

c) LES CRIMES CONTRE l’humanite! c’est a dire Passassinat, Pex- 
termination, la reduction en esclavage, la deportation, et tout 
autre acte inhumain commis contre toutes populations civiles, 
avant ou pendant la guerre; ou bien les persecutions pour des 
motifs politiques, raciaux ou religieux, commises a la suite de 
tout crime rentrant dans la competence du Tribunal Interna¬ 
tional ou s’y rattachant, que ces persecutions aient constitue 


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ou non une violation du droit interne du pays oil elles ont 
et6 perpetr4es. [d 

Les dirigeants, organisateurs, provocateurs ou complices qui ont 
pris part a I’elaboration ou a I’execution d’un plan concerte ou d’un 
complot pour commettre Tun quelconque des crimes ci-dessus d^finis 
sont responsables de tous les actes accomplis par toutes personnes, en 
execution de ce plan. 

Article 7. 

La situation officielle des accuses, soit comme chefs d’Etat, soit 
comme hauts fonctionnaires, ne sera consid^rde ni comme une excuse 
absolutoire ni comme un motif de diminution de la peine. 

Article 8. 

Le fait que Paccuse a agi conform^ment aux instructions de son 
gouvernement ou d’un sup6rieur hi4rarchique ne le degagera pas de sa 
responsabilite, mais pourra etre consid4r4 comme un motif de dimi¬ 
nution de la peine, si le Tribunal decide que la justice I’exige. 

Article 9. 

Lors d’un proc4s intente centre tout membre d’un groupe ou d’une 
organisation quelconques, le Tribunal pourra declarer (4 I’occasion de 
tout acte dont cet individu pourrait etre reconnu coupable) que le 
groupe, ou I’organisation a laquelle il appartenait etait une organisation 
criminelle. 

Apres avoir regu I’acte d’accusation, le Tribunal devra faire con- 
naitre, de la maniere qu’il jugera opportune, que le Ministere Public 
a I’intention de demander au Tribunal de faire une declaration en ce 
sens et tout membre de I’organisation aura le droit de demander au 
Tribunal a etre entendu par celui-ci sur la question du caract4re 
criminel de I’organisation. Le Tribunal aura competence pour 
acceder a cette demande ou la rejeter. En cas d’admission de la 
demande, le Tribunal pourra fixer le mode selon lequel les requ4rants 
seront representes et entendus. 

Article 10. 

Dans tous les cas ou le Tribunal aura proclam4 le caractere criminel 
d’un groupe ou d’une organisation, les autorites comp4tentes de 

1 [The contracting governments signed a protocol at Berlin on Oct. 6, 1945 
(post, p. 45) which provides that this part of the French text should be amended 
to read as follows: 

(c) LES CRIMES coNTRE l’humanite’. c’est & dire I’assassinat, ^extermination, 
la reduction en esclavage, la deportation, et tout autre acte inhumain commis 
contre toutes populations civiles, avant ou pendant la guerre, ou bien les perse¬ 
cutions pour des motifs politiques raciaux ou reiigieux, lorsque ces actes ou 
persecutions, qu’ils aient constitue ou non une violation du droit interne du 
pa3’s ou ils ont ete perpetres, ont ete commis 4 la suite de tout crime rentrant. 
dans la competence du Tribunal, ou en liaison avec ce crime.] 



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chaque signataire aiiront le droit de traduire tout individu devant les 
tribunaux nationaux, militaires, on d’occupation, en raison de son 
affiliation k ce groupe ou a cette organisation. Dans cette hypothese, 
le caractere criminel dii groupe ou de Forganisation sera consid^re 
comme etabli et ne pourra plus etre conteste. 

Article 11. 

Toute personne condamnee par le Tribunal International pourra 
6tre inculpee devant un Tribunal national, militaire, ou d’occupation, 
mentionnes a Particle 10 ci-dessus, d’un crime autre que son affiliation 
k une organisation ou a un groupe criminels, et le Tribunal saisi 
pourra, apres Favoir reconnu coupable, lui infliger une peine suppl6- 
mentaire et independante de celle dej4 imposee par le Tribunal 
International pour sa participation aux activites criminelles de ce 
groupe ou de cette organisation. 

Article 12. 

Le Tribunal sera competent pour juger en son absence tout accuse, 
ayant a repondre des crimes prevus par Particle 6 du present Statut, 
soit que cet accuse n’ait pu etre d^couvert, soit que le Tribunal 
Festime n^cessaire pour toute autre raison dans Finteret de la justice. 

Article IS. 

Le Tribunal 4tablira les regies de sa procMure. Ces regies ne 
devront en aucun cas etre incompatibles avec les dispositions du 
present Statut. 

III. Commission dTnstruction et de Poursuite 

DES GRANDS CRIMINELS DE GUERRE. 

Article 14. 

Chaque signataire nommera un representant du Ministere Public, 
en vue de recueillir les charges et d’exercer la poursuite centre les 
grands criminels de guerre. 

Les representants du Ministere Public formeront une commission 
aux fins suivantes: 

a) decider d’un plan de travail individuel de chaque representant 
du Ministere Public et de son personnel; 

b) designer en dernier ressort les grands criminels de guerre qui 
devront etre traduits devant le Tribunal; 

c) approuver Facte d’accusation et les documents annexes; 

d) saisii’ le Tribunal de Facte d’accusation et des documents joints; 

e) r4diger et recommander a Fapprobation du Tribunal les projets 
de regies de procedure pr4vus par Particle 13 du present Statut. 
Le Tribunal sera competent pour accepter, avec ou sans amende- 
ments, ou pour rejeter les regies qui lui seront proposees. 


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La Commission devra se prononcer sur tous les points ci-dessiis 
specifies par un vote 6mis a la majorite et designera un president en 
cas de besoin, en observant le principe du roulement; il est entendu 
que, en cas de partage egal de voix en ce qui concerne la designation 
d’un accuse 4 traduire devant le Tribunal ou les crimes dont il sera 
accus6, sera adoptee la proposition du Ministere Public qui a demande 
que cet accuse soit traduit devant le Tribunal ou qui a soumis les 
chefs d’accusation centre lai. 

Article 15. 

Les membres du Ministere Public, agissant individuellement et en 
collaboration les uns avec les autres, auront egalement les fonctions 
suivantes: 

a) recherche, reunion et presentation de toutes les preuves n^ces- 
saires, avant et au cours du proces; 

b) preparation de Tacte d’accusation en vue de son approbation 
par la Commission, conformement au paragraphe (c) de Particle 
14; 

c) interrogatoire preliminaire de tous les temoins jug4s necessaires 
et des accuses; 

d) exercice des fonctions du Ministere Public au proces; 

d) designation de representants pour exercer telles fonctions qui 
pourront leur etre assignees; 

f) poursuite de toute autre activite qui pourra leur apparaitre 
necessaire en vue de la preparation et de la conduite du proces. 

Il est entendu qu’aucun temoin ou accuse detenu par Pun des signa- 
taires ne pourra ^tre retire de sa garde sans son consentement. 

IV. Proces equitable des accuses. 

Article 16. 

Afin d’assurer que lOs accuses soient juges avec 6quite, la procedure 
suivante sera adoptee: 

a) Pacte d’accusation comportera les elements complets specifiant 
en detail les charges relevees a Pencontre des accuses. Une 
copie de Pacte d’accusation et de tous les documents annexes, 
traduits dans une langue qu’il comprend, sera remise a Paccus6 
dans un delai raisonnable avant le jugement; 

b) au cours de tout interrogatoire preliminaire ou du proces d’lm 
accuse, celui-ci aura le droit de donner toutes explications se 
rapportant aux charges relevees centre lui; 

c) les interrogatoires preliminaires et le proems des accuses devront 
etre conduits dans une langue que Paccuse comprend ou traduits 
dans cette langue; 

d) les accuses auront le droit d’assurer eux-memes leur defense 
devant le Tribunal, ou de se faire assister d’un avocat. 


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e) les accuses auront le droit d’apporter, au cours du proces, soit 
personnellement, soit par I’intermMiaire de leur avocat, toutes 
preuves a Pappui de leur defense, et de poser des questions a 
tons les temoins produits par Faccusation. 

V. Competence du Tribunal et conduite des debats. 

Article 17. 

Le Tribunal sera competent: 

a) pour convoquer les temoins au proems, requ^rir leur presence et 
leur temoignage, et les interroger; 

b) pour interroger les accuses; 

c) pour requerir la production de documents et d’autres moyens 
de preuve; 

d) pour faire preter serment aux temoins; 

e) pour nommer des mandataires officiels pour remplir toute mis¬ 
sion qui sera fixee par le Tribunal, et notamment pour faire 
recueillir des preuves par delegation 

Article 18. 

Le Tribunal devra: 

a) limiter strictement le proces k un examen rapide des questions 
soulev6es par les charges; 

b) prendre des mesures strictes pour 6viter toute action qui en- 
trainerait un retard non justifi^, et ecarter toutes questions et 
declarations etrang^res au proces de quelque nature qu’elles 
soient; 

c) agir sommairement en ce qui concerne les perturbateurs en leur 
infligeant une juste sanction, y compris Fexclusion d’un accuse 
ou de son defenseur de certaines phases de la procedure ou de 
toutes les phases ult^rieures, mais sans que cela emp^che de 
decider sur les charges. 

Article 19. 

Le Tribunal ne sera pas lie par les regies techniques relatives a 
Fadministration des preuves. II adoptera et appliquera autant que 
possible une procedure rapide et non formaliste et admettra tout 
moyen qu’il estimera avoir une valeur probante. 

Article 20. 

Le Tribunal pourra exiger d’etre informe du caract^re de tout 
moyen de preuve avant qu’il ne soit presente, afin de pouvoir statuer 
sur sa pertinence. 

Article 21. 

Le Tribunal n’exigera pas que soit rapportee la preuve de faits de 
notoriete publique mais les tiendra pour acquis. II considerera 


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^galement comme preuves authentiques les documents et rapports 
officiels des Gouvernements des Nations Unies y compris ceux dresses 
par les Commissions etablies dans les divers pays allies pour les 
enquetes sur les crimes de guerre, ainsi que les proc^s-verbaux des 
audiences et les decisions des tribunaux militaires ou autres tribunaux 
de Tune quelconque des Nations Unies. 

Article 22. 

Le si^ge permanent du Tribunal sera k Berlin. La premiere 
reunion des membres du Tribunal, ainsi que celle des representants du 
Minist^re Public, se tiendra a Berlin, en un lieu qui sera fixe par le 
Conseil de Controle en Allemagne. Le premier proces se deroulera 
a Nuremberg et tous proces ulterieurs auront lieu aux endroits choisis 
par le Tribunal. 

Article 23. 

Un ou plusieurs representants du Minist^re Public pourront soutenir 
Faccusation dans chaque proces. Chaque repr4sentant du Minist^re 
Public pourra remplir ses fonctions personnellement ou autoriser 
toute personne a les remplir. 

Les fonctions de defenseur peuvent 6tre remplies sur la demande de 
I’accuse par tout avocat regulierement qualifie pour plaider dans son 
propre pays ou par toute autre personne specialement autoris^e a 
cet effet par le Tribunal. 

Article 24- 

Le proces se d4roulera dans Pordre suivant: 

a) Facte d’accusation sera lu a Faudience; 

b) le Tribunal demandera a chaque accus6 s’il plaide “coupable” 
ou non; 

c) Le Ministere Public fera une declaration preliminaire; 

d) le Tribunal demandera a Faccusation et 4 la defense quelles 
preuves elles entendent soumettre au Tribunal et se prononcera 
sur Fadmissibilite de ces preuves; 

e) les temoins produits par Faccusation seront entendus et il sera 
precede ensuite 4 Faudition des temoins de la defense. Apr4s 
quoi, tout moyen de refutation qui sera admis par le Tribunal 
sera produit par Faccusation ou par la defense; 

f) le Tribunal pourra poser toute question qu’il jugera utile, a tout 
temoin, a tout accuse, et a tout moment; 

g) Faccusation et la defense pourront interroger tout temoin et 
tout accuse qui porte temoignage; 

h) la defense plaidera; 

i) le Ministere Public soutiendra Faccusation; 

j) chaque accuse pourra faire une declaration au Tribunal; 

k) le Tribunal rendra son jugement et fixera la peine. 


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Article 25. 

Tous les documents ofRciels seront produits et toute la procedure 
sera conduite devant la cour en frangais, en anglais, en russe 
et dans la langue de Taccuse. Le compte-rendu des debats pourra 
aussi etre traduit dans la langue du pays ou siegera le Tribunal, dans 
la mesure ou celui-ci le considerera desirable dans I’inter^t de la justice 
et pour eclairer I’opinion publique. 

VI. JuGEMENT ET PEINE. 

Article 26. 

La decision du Tribunal relative a la culpabilite ou a I’innocence 
de tout accuse devra etre motivee et sera definitive et non susceptible 
de revision. 

Article 27. 

Le Tribunal pourra prononcer contre les accuses convaincus 
de culpabilite la peine de mort ou tout autre chatiment qu’il estimera 
6tre juste. 

Article 28. 

En plus de toute peine qu’il aura infligee, le Tribunal aura le droit 
d’ordonner a I’encontre du condamne la confiscation de tous biens 
voles et leur remise au Conseil de Controle en Allemagne. 

Article 29. 

En cas de culpabilite, les decisions seront ex^cutees conformement 
aux ordres du Conseil de Controle en Allemagne et ce dernier aura 
le droit, a tout moment, de reduire ou de modifier d’autre maniere 
les decisions, sans toutefois pouvoir en aggraver la severite. Si, 
apres qu’un accus6 a 6t6 reconnu coupable et condamne, le Conseil 
de Controle en Allemagne decouvre de nouvelles preuves qu’il juge 
de nature 4 constituer une charge nouvelle contre I’accuse, il en 
informera la Commission prevue par Particle 14 du present Statut, 
afin que celle-ci prenne telle mesure qu’elle estimera appropriee 
dans Pinteret de la justice. 

VII. Defenses. 

Les d^penses du Tribunal et les frais de proems seront imputes par 
les signataires sur les fonds affectes au Conseil de Controle en Alle¬ 
magne. 


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COrjIAfflEHME 

MEH'iy nPABHTEJItCTBAMM C0t33A COBETCKM COUMAJMGTMHECFJX 
PECnyEMK, COEPHEHHHK DITATOB AMEPMKM 1/1 COEpHEHHOPO 
KOPOJIEBCTBA BEMKOBPMTAHM M CEBEPHOil MPJIAHEMil M 
BPMEHHBM IIPABMTEJILGTBOM ^PAHliySGKO.I PEGnYEMP 
0 GYPEHOM nPEGJIEM)3AHMH M HAKABAHMM EJIABHLK 
ILK nPEGTYEHHKOB EBPOnEIIGKIIX GTPAH OGE. 


BOEf 


.IIpHHMMafl BO BHHMaHUe, UTO Ud’eflMHeHHHe Haipw HeOflHOKpaT- 
Ho saflBJiHJiM o CBoeu HaMepeHHH coBepmuTB npasocyAne Hafl bogh- 
HUMH npecTynHHKaMH; 

M npuHHMan bo BHHMaHHe, mto b Mockobckoh J^eKJiapaunH ot 
30 OKTHdpH 1943 rofla od OTBeTCTEGHHocTM riiT;iepoBu,eB sa cosep- 
raaeMHe SBepcTBa dHJio saaBJisHO, uto tg rGpMaHCKHG ocJjiiLtGpbi h 

COIIflaTH H qJIGHH HaUHOTCKOK napTMM, KOTOpHG dbUlH OTBGTCTBGHHH 

sa BBGpcTBa H npGCTyn;iGHHH mm AodpoBo;iBHo npMHHMajiH b hhx 
yqacTMG, dy.AyT OTOCJiaHH b CTpanbi, b KOTOpbix dbiM coBGpmGHu 
MX OTBpaTMTGJlBHHG AGMCTEHH, flJIH TOTO, ^TOdU OHM MOTHM dblTB 
CyAHMU H HaKaaaHH B COOTBGTCTBMM C SaKOHaMM GTMX OCBOdOSflGH- 
Hbix CTpaH M CBOdOAHblX npaBMTGJIBCTB, KOTOpblG dy^yT TaM C03fla- 
Hu; 

M npHHHMafl BO BHMMaHMG, HTO dbUlO SaHBJIGHO , HTO GTa 
pKJiapapMH HG saTparMBaGT Bonpoca o r;iaBHBix npGCTynHMKax, 
npGCTy nJIGHMfl KOTOpbIX HG CBilSaHU C OnpGflGJIGHHblM TGOrpaC^HHGO- 
KMM M6CT0M, M KOTOpUG dyflyT HaKasaHH COBMGCTHBLM pGmGHMGM npa¬ 
BMTGJIBCTB cowbhmkob; 

B HaCTOHIAGG BpGMH IIpaBMTGJIBCTBa Gowsa COBGTCKMX GopMa- 
MCTMHGCKMX PGCnydnMK, GOGflMHGHHfalX IIlTaTOB AMGpMKM M CoGflMHGH- 
Horo KopOJlGBCTBa BGnMKOdpMTaHMM M GgBGPHOM EpjiaHflMM M BpGMGH- 
HOG IIpaBMTGJIBCTBO ^panpyBCKOfl PGCnydJIMKM (b AanBHGMOlGM HUGHy- 
GMBIG "IIoflnHCaBraHMMCH CTOpOHaMM"), flCMCTByH B MHTGpGCaX BCGX 
Od'GflMHGHHHX BapHM M B JIHUG GBOHX flOJIHHH OdpaSOM . ynonHOMOHGH- 




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32 


o 

4 .* 


Hbix npencTaBHTejiefi, aaKnwMn;!!! HHHecjieflyiomee corjiameHne. 

C TaTBfl I. 

yqpeflHTB nocjie KOHcy;iBTaij;HH c Kohtpojibhhm CoseTOM b 
F epMaHHH MescAyHapoflHuM BoeHHHH TpHdynan flJiH cyfla Ha^ EoeH- 
HbiMH npecTynHMKaMH, npecTynjienHH KOTopbix He CBHsaHH c onpe- 
flejieHHHM reorpa^HuecKHM msctom, HesaBUCHMO ot Toro, dy^yr 
nvi OHM OdBHHHTBCfl HHflMBMflyaJlBHO, HJIH B KayeCTBe qJieHOB op- 
raHHaapuM h;ih rpynn, hot b tom h flpyroM KaqecTBe. 

CTaTBfl 2. 

OpraHHsapHfl, wpHCflHKpMfl H ^yHKpHH Mem.nyHapo.nHoro Bo- 
eHHoro TpndyHajia onpe^eOTMTCfl b npMflaraeMOM k nacTOAmeMy 
CorflameHHK) ycTHBe, KOTopuR cocTaBJifleT hgot ’eMJieMywflacTB 
SToro CorjiameHHfl. 

CTaTBfl 3. 

KaKflafl H3 IloflnHcaBinHxcfl CTopoH npeflnpwMeT HeodxoflHMue 
Mepn, ATodH npeflocTaBHTB aot paccfleflOBaHHA odsHHeHuR h cysa 
rjia.BHHX BOGHHHx npecTyHHHKOB, coflepmamHxcfl y hhx nofl CTpasceR 
H noflflescamnx cyay MeHcflyHapoflHoro Boghhoto TpHdyaafla. lioflnH- 
CaBfflMGCfl CTOpOHH TaKHCG npGAHpHMyT MaKCHMaflBHHG yCHflHfl, HTO- 
dH npeflocTasHTB ^aa paccAGflOBaHHA odBHHGHHH H cy^a MeacflyHa- 
poflHoro BoGHHoro TpadyHafla tgx rflaBHux boghhbix npecTynHiiKOE, 
KOTOpue HG HaxOflflTCfl Ha TeppHTOpWH KaKOK-AMdO H3 IIOflnHCaB- 
EHXCfl CTOpOH. 

CTaTBfl 4 . 

HhutO B HaCTOfllUGM CorflaiUGHHH HG yMaflflGT yCTaHOBAGHHHX 
MoCKOBCKOR J^GKAapaHHeR nOAOSCGHHR O B03BpameHHH BOGHHHX npe- 
CTynHHKOB B CTpaHbl, TAG HMH dHJIM COBGpmGHH npGCTyflAGHMA. 

CTaTBfl 5. 

JImOOG H3 npaBHTGABCTB Od'GflHHGHHHX HaUblR MOHGT npHCOG- 
flHHHTBCfl K HaCTOflatGMy CorAaEGHHlO, OnOBGCTHB ^^HnAOMaTHqGCKHM 
nyTGM npaBHTGABCTBO COGflHHGHHOrO KopOAGBCTSa, KOTOpOG B Kas- 




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3 


flOM OTflejiBHOM cuyqae coodmnT od 3tom flpyruM IloflnHcaBmHMCH a 
IIpHCOeflHHHBmHMCH npaBHTeitBCTBaM . 


Ctbtbh 6. 


Hh^to b HacTOHineM CornanieHHH He ywajineT KOMneTeHpuii h 
He orpaHH^HBaeT npas HapHotiajiBHax hjim OKKynapHOHHhix cyAOs, 
KOTopue ysce coaflanu kjivl dy^yT coaflaHH aa Awdofi coh) 3 hoM' Tep- 
pHTopHH HJiM B TepMaHHH flJiH cy^a Hafl BoeHHiiMii npecTynHHKawM. 


CTaTBH 7. 


HacToamee CoraameHHe BCTynaeT b CHay b fleHB ero noAnn- 
caHHH H ocTaeTCH B CHae b TeaeHiie rofla, a saTeu npofloasaeT 
AeiiCTBOBaTB npH ycaoBHH, hto Jliodaa h 3 IIoAnHcaBmiixca CTopoH 
HMeeo? npaBO aa Mecau coodmMTB AHnaoMaTHqecKHM nyTeM o CBoeM 
HawepeHHH npeKpaTHTB CoraameHiie, TaKoe npeKpaiAeawe Goraarae- 
HHa He ywaaaeT BHaaeaHa aiodHx AeScTBMii, yme coBepmeaaHx, aaH 
awdBK peraeHHM, yme npnaaTHx e cooTBeTCTBHH c aacToamiiM Goraa- 
meHHeM. 

B yflOCTOBepeHHe aero aHHenoAnHcaBraaeca noAnacaaM aa- 
CToamee GoraaraeaHe. 

GocTaEaeHO b JIoHAoae 8 aBrycTa 1945 roAa, b 4 SKseMnaa- 
pax, KamAHS aa pyccKOM, aaraHacKOM a (|)paHu,y3CK0M aauKax. Kas- 
AuS TOKCT HMeeT OAHHaKOByw caay. 


Ho ynoaHOMOHHK) IIpaBHTeaBCTBa 
GoK)3a GoBeTCKHx CopaaaMCTaqecKMx 
PecnydaHK 



no ynoaaoMOMMK) IIpaBMTeaBCTBa 
CoeAHHeaHHX UlTaTOB AnepaKH 



Ho ynoaaoMoaaK) IIpaBaTeaBCTBa 
CoeAHHeanoro KopoaeBCTBa 
BeaaKodpaTaaaa a GesepaoH J/lpaaaAHa 



c . 


IIo ynoaHOMoqaw BpeMeaaoro 
IIpaBHTeaBCTBa ^paH^y3CKoa 
PecnydaHKH 




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34 


y C T A B 

MEffiJWHAPOJTHOrO BOEHHOrO TPHBYHAJIA 


I. 

OPrAHMSAIB^H MEHfly HAP OJTHOrO BOEMHO PO TPUBYHAJIA 

CT aTbfl I. B cooTBeTCTBHM c CorjiameHHeM, aaKJiioqeHHHM 
8 aBrycxa 1945 ro^a Meacfly IIpaBHTejibCTBaMii Cowaa CoBexcKHx 
Co^IlaJI^lCTilt^ecKHx PecnyfijiMK, CoeflUHeaHux ElTaxoB AwepiiKM a 
CoeflMHeHHoro Kopo;ieBCTBa BeJiHKodpHTaHiiM h CesepHOH Mp;iaHfliiH 
H BpeMGHHbiM npaBHTe;ibCTBOM ^paapyscKOM PecnydJiHKH, yqpenfla- 
excfl MescflyHapofiHHM BoghhuM TpwdyHa;! (b flajiBHGMmGM HMGHyGMuM 
"TpudyHaji") ajih cnpaBGfljiHBoro h ducTporo cysa h HaKaaanHH 
r^iaBHHX BOGHHHX npGCTynHHKOB GBponGMCKMX cxpan OCH. 

CTaTBH 2. Tpudyaa;: coctomt h 3 4 ^jighob h hx saMGCTH- 
tgjigM. Kascflaa ns IloAnMcaBniMxcfl CxopoH wasHaqaGT no o^HOMy 
qjIGHy H OflHOMy aaUGCTMTGJIK). SaMGCTHTGXH dyflyx, nOCKOXBKy UHH 
Moryx, npncyxcxBOBaxB aa bcgx sacGflaHnax Tpadynaxa. B cayqaG 
doxGSHM Koro-jiHdo Ha qjiGHOB TpHdynajia hjih hgbo 3 mo»chocxh fljia 
HGro hgcxh cbom odaaaHHOcxH no KaKoM-Jindo flpyroH npnqHHG, 

Gro MGCxo saHHMaGx Gro aauGcxHXGab. 

Cx axBfl 3 Hh TpHdyaaJi, hh gxo qxGHU, hh mx aawGCXHXG- 
JIH HG Moryx duxb OXBGflGHH 0d BHHHXG jIGU , nOflCyflHMUMH HJIH 33- 
mHXOH. Kaacflaa h 3 IIoflnHcaBfflHxcfl- CxopoH mokgx sawGHHXB nasHa- 
qGHHoro GK) qjiGHa Tpadynajia hjih ero sawGCXHXGJiH no- dojiGSHH hjih 
no flpyrHM yBajKHXGJiBHtm npH^HHaw. Bo bpgmh cyflGdnoro npopGcca 
qjiGH Tpndyaajia mokgx duxL aaMGHGH xojibko gto saMGCXHXGJiGM. 

Cxa xbfl 4. a) fljia HajiHana KBopyMa HGodxo^HMO npncyxcx- 
bhg bcgx qGXHpGx qjiGHOB TpHdynajia hjih aaMGCXHXGJiGH, aaMGHHio- 
mHx oxcyxcxBywutHx qjiGHOB TpHdynajia. 







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2 . 

Td ) Hjighm TpHdyHajia flo Haqa^ia cyAeSaoro npopecca floro- 
BapHBawTCH Me«Ay codofi o Bbidope oflHoro na hx aacjia npeflcefla- 
TeJieM; npeflceAaTe;iB BHnojiHHeT cboh odnaanHOCTH b Te^^eHMe 3 to- 
ro cyfledHoro npoi^ecca hjih Tan, KaK dy^eT pemeHO rojiocaMM ae 
Meaee Tpex aJieaoB Tpadyaajia. YcTaaaBJiMBaeTCH npaapan oaepefl- 
aocTH npeAceflaTejiBCTBOBaaMH aa nocjieAyfomux cyfledaux npoD,eccax. 
O^aaKo, ecjiH aaceAaaae Tpadyaajia npoMCxOAWT aa TeppHTopaa Ofl- 
aoa aa aeTHpex IIoAnacaEmaxcH CTopoa, to npeflCGAaTejiBCTsyeT 
npeACTaBaTejiB 3 toM CTopoan b Tpadyaajie. 

c) 3a acKJiwaeaaeM BumeyKaaaaaoro, pemeaaH npaaaMaiOTCH 
TpadyaajioM do.JiBmaacTBOM ronocoB, a npa paaAeneaaa roJiocoB 
rojioc npeACGAaTejiBCTsytomeio aBJiaeTCH pemaioiAaM; OAaaKO, npa- 
aaaaae saaoBaocTa a onpeASJieaae aaaaaaaaH BbiaocHTca BcerAa 
doJiBfflaacTBOM rojiocoB ae weaee 3 ajieaoB i'padyaa;ia. 

CTaTBfl 5. B cjiyaae aeodxoAaMOCTa a b aasacaiviocTa ot 
KOJ iaaecTBa Tpedyw^ax paccMOTpeaaH AeJi woryT duTB yapesAsabi 
Apyrae TpadyaajiH; nopaAOK yapeacAeaaa, (|)yaKu,aa a npopeAypa 
KaKAoro aa TpadyaajiOB dyAyT TOKAecTBeaaa a dyAyT peryjiapo- 
BaTBCH aacTOHiAaM YcTaBOM. 


n. 

MPMCJIKKIIllfl K 0E!f]ME nP MHUMnH 
CTaTBH 6. Tpadyaaji, yape«Aeaabm CoroiameaaeM, ynoMnay- 
TbiM B CT.I aacTOHiAero ycTasa rjih cyAa a aaKaaaaaa PAaBabix 
Boeaabix npecTynaaKOB esponeacKax CTpaa oca, aweeT npaso cy- 
AaTB a aaKaaHBaTB nviu,, KOTopne, AeacTsya b aaTepecax esponea- 
CKax CTpaa oca aaAMBaAyanBao ana b KaaecTse aJieaos opraaaaa- 
ujia, coBepmana Jiwdoe aa cneAywiAax npecTynneaaa. 

OJieAywmae AaacTBan ana Jiiodae aa aax ABnaioTCH npecTyn- 
jieaaHMa, noA-ttestaiAaMa K)pacAaKij,aa Tpadyaana a BJieKymaua aa co- 
doa aaAaBaAyajiBayw OTBeTCTseaaocTB: 




[E.A.S. 472] 


36 


3. 

a) nPECTyiUTEH M HPO THB MPA, a HMeHHO: njiaKHpoBaniie, 
noflroTOBKa, pasBasHBaHne hjih BeASHHe arpeccHBHoM boMhh vim 
boJIhh b HapymeHHe MemflyHapoflHux AoroBopoB, cor;iameHHfi hjih 
BaBepeHKH, hjih yqacTne b odmeM njiane hjih aaroBope, HanpaB- 
JieHHHx K ocyu^ecTBJieHHK) Jiiodoro hb BbuneHSJiOHeHHHx fleMcTBHH;, 

"b ) BQEHHHE nP ECT yiDIEHM , a HMeHHo: aapyineHHe saKOHOB 
HJIH odaqaeB eohhh. K sthm HapyrneHiinM othochtch ydniicTBa, 
HCTHsaHHH HJIH yBOfl B padcTBO HJIH fljifl flpypHx pejieM rpascflaa- 
CKoro HacejieHHH OKKynnpoBaHHoa TeppHTopHH; ydnMcTBa hjih kc^ 
THBaHHH BOeHHOnJieHHhlX HJIH JIHp, HaxOflHmHXCH B MOpe; ydHHCTBa 
sajiOKHHKOB; orpadJiGHHe odmecTBeHHoM hjih nacTHOH codcTBeaHO- 
cth; deccMHCJieHHoe paspyrneaHe ropoflOB hjih flepeseaB; pasope- 
ane, aeonpaBflaaaoe BoeaaoM aeodxoflHMOCTBio h flpyrne npecTyn- 
JieaHH; 

c) nP ECTyiUIEHM HPOTHB ^JIOBE ^IOCTM. a HMeaao: ydaficTBa 
HCTpedJieaHe, nopadomeaHe, ccBUiKa h flpyrne «ecT0K0CTH, coBep- 
meaaHe b OTaomeaHH rpaKflaacKoro aaceJieaHH flo hjih bo BpeMH 
boMhh, hjih npecjieflOBaaHH no nojiHTHnecKHM, pacoBUM hjih pejinrH- 
oaaHM MOTHBaM c pejiBK) ocymecTBJieaHH h.jih b cbhsh c jiiodHM npe- 
CTynjieaHeM, nofljiemauiHM wpHCflHKipH Tpndyaajia, aesaBHCHMO ot 
Toro, HBJiflJiHCB jiH 3TH fleMcTBHH HapyffleHHeM BayTpeaaero npasa 
CTpaabi, rfle ohh dtuin coBepmeaH, hjih aeT. 

PyKOBOflHTGjiH, opraaHsaTopbi, noflCTpeKaTexH h nocodaHKH, 
ynacTBOBaBiiiHe b cocTaBJieaHH hjih b ocymecTBJieaHH odinero njiaaa 
HJIH saroBopa, aanpaBJieaHoro k coEepraeaHio Jiiodbix hb BbimeynoMH- 
ayTHx npecTynJieaHH, aecyT OTBeTCTBeaaocTB aa Bce fleMcTBHH, 
coBepraeaHHe JiwdbiiviH JiHijaMH c iJ,ejiBK) ocymecTBjieaHH TaKoro njiaaa. 

CTaTBH 7. J|oJi!KHOCTHoe nojiOHeane noflcyflUMUx, hx noJiOKe- 
ane b KanecTBe rjiaB rocyflapcTBa hjih OTBeTCTBeaaHX nnaoBaHKOB 
paBJiHnaHX npaBHTejiBCTBeaabix BeflOMCTB ae flojiscao paccMaTpHsaTB- 
CH KaK ocaosaaHe k ocEOdOKfleaHKi ot OTBeTCTBeaaocTH hjih cwnr- 


neaHK aaKaaaaHH. 




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4. 


CTa T &fl 8. Tot cIskt, v.to noflcyAUMbiw fleilcTBOBan no pac- 
nopH)KeHHio npasnTejiBCTBa hjim npuKaay naqanLHHKa, ne ocBodoacfla- 
OT eio OT OTBeTCTBeHHOCTM, HO MOWOT paCCMaTpHEaTBCH KaK flO- 

BOfl fljiH CMHrqeHHfl HaKaaaHMH, ec;iM TpHdyHaji npHSHacT, mto 3 to- 
ro TpeCywT HHTepecu npaBOcyflHH. 

CTeTBH 9. IIpM paccuoTpeHHH flejia o JiwdoM OTflejitHOM q;ie- 
He TOW HJiH mhoK rpynnu hjih opraHH3aij;MH TpHdyean mowot (b cbh- 
3U c nioduM fleMcTEHOM, 3a KOTopoe 3T0 jiMi;o dyfleT ocyacfleHo) 
npn3HaTB, MTO rpynna iinn opraHHaapHH, hjighom KOTopon noflcy- 
flHMHH HBJinncH, (3buia npecTynHOK opraHH3aLi,HeM. 

Ilocjie nonyqeHHH odBHHWTenBHoro aKTa TpndyHaji cflejiaeT 
TaKoe od’HBJieHMe, KaKoe oh HaM^eT HysHUM, o tom, mto o(3bm- 
HeHHe HaMepeBaeTCH xo;^aTa^^CTBOBaTB nepefl TpadynajicM o Bane- 
ceHMH onpe^eneHHH o npM3HaHMH opraHHaau^iH npecTynHoM, jliodoH 
qjteH opraHMsauHH dy^oT Enpase odpaTHTBCH b TpiidyHa;i 3a paa- 
pemeHHeM duT& Bac-nyraaHHhiM ipudyaanoM no Eonpocy o npecTynnoM 
xapaKTepe opraHMsapnii. Tpadyaa;! dy^eT snpaBe yflOBJieTBopHTB 
wnH OTKJiOHHTB 3Ty npoc&dy. B cjiyqae yflOB;ieTBopeHMH TaKOii 
npocBdH TpHdyHan mokot onpeflejiHTB, khkhm odpaaoM sth jinpa dy- 
flyT npeflCTaEJieHM h BHCxymaHH. 

CTa.TBH 10. Ecnn TpndyHaji npHonaeT Ty hjih nnyio rpynny 
HJIH opraHH3au,HK) npecTynnoH, KouneTeHTHHe HapnoHajiBHae BJiacTH 
KaacfloM h 3 IIo.nnHcaBmHxcH CTopoH MMewT npaBO npHBJieKaTB k cy^y 
HapHOHajiBHax, EoeHHHx HJIH OKKynapHOHHbix TpHdynajiOB 3a npHHa.fl- 
jiesHocTB K 3toH rpynne hjih opraHHaapHH. B 3thx cjiyqaHx npe- 
CTyn.HHH xapaKTep rpynna hjih oprannaaij^HH cqHTaeTCH flOKaaan- 
HHM H He MoweT noflBepraTBCH ocnapHsaHHio. 

Ctht ba II. Jlwdoe nHpo, ocyjKfleHHoe MesflyHapoflHHM J^oen- 
HHM TpndynajioM, MoaceT odBHHflTBcn na cy^e napHOHaJiBHoro, bogh- 
Horo HJIH OKKynaij,HOHHoro TpHdynajia, ynoManyToro b CTaTBe 10 
HacTOHu;ero ycTaBa, e coBepmeHHH spyroro npecTynJieHHH,noMHMO 






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5. 


npHHaflJieKHOCTH KipecTynHoM rpynne hjim opraHnsai^nH; no ocya- 
fleHHH TaKoK TpuCynaji MoaceT HanoacHTL na 3T0 jihi^o HOBoe aaKasa- 
HHe B flonojiHeHHe k Towy, KOTopoe Chjio HajioseHO MesAyHapoflHbiM 
BoeHHHM TpHfiyHanoM sa yqacTHe b npecTynHoK seHTeJiBHOCTH STofi 
rpynnH rjik opraHHsau^iH. 

pT aTBH I2» TpHCynaji BnpaBe paccwaTpiiBaTB Ae-’ia Jima, o6- 
BHHHewHx, B npecTynneHHHx, npeAycMOTpeHHtK CTaTLeM 6 HacTonme- 
ro ycTaBa, b OTcyTCTEHe odBUHneMbix, ecnn odBHHaeMHM ne pasHC- 
Kan, Kjm ecjiM TpndyHa;! no JiwdHM ocHOBaHHHM npasHaeT Heodxofln- 
MHM B HHTepecax npaBOcyAHfl cjiymaTB fleno sao^ino. 

CTaTBfl 13. TpMdyHan ycTanaBJiMBaeT pernaMGHT CBoeM pa- 
dOTH. Btot pernavieHT ne AOJimeH npoTHEopetiMTB no;io®eHHHM na- 
CToamero ycTaBa. 

in. 

KOMMTET no PAC GJIEflQBA HMQ flEJI M 
OEBMHEHMK) TMBUm. BQEHHEX IIPECTy ilHMKOB 

CTaTBH 14. Kaacflafl h 3 liOflnHcaBiDHxcfl CTopoH HaanaqiiT 
rnaBHoro odBHHHTejia rjie paccneAOBaHMH Ren h odBHHeHHH rJiaB- 
HHX BOeHHHX npeCTyBHHKOB. 

rJiaBHHG OdBKHHTGJIH dyflyT AGMCTBOBaTB B Ka^GCTBG KOMH- 
TGTa fljiH cjiGflywuiHx i;6JiGii: 

a) corjiacoB8HHfl nnana HHAHBHflyajiBHOM padoTH Kaafloro hs 
rnaBHHX OdBHHHTGJlGX H MX niTOTa; 

b) OKOHnaTGJiBHoro onpGfleneHHH jihd,, noflAGsamiix cy-fly Tpn- 
dynajia; 

c) yTBGpKflGHHH Od BHHMTGJIBHOrO GKTa H nGpGflaBaGMHX C 
HHM AOKyMGHTOB; 

d) nepGflaqii odBHHHTGJiBHoro aKTa h npHJiaraeMHx AOKyuGH- 
TOB B TpHdynan; 

g) COCTaBnGHHH H pGKOMGHflaiJHH TpMdyHaJiy flJlH GFO yTBGp- 
KflGHHH npOGKTa pGIJiaMGHTa GTO padOTH, npGflyCMOTpGHHOrO CTa- 
TBGJi 13 HacTOflmero ycTaBa .TpHdyHan anpasG yTBGpflMTB c nonpas- 




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6 . 

KaMH HJIM 603 nonpaBOK MIIM BOBCG OTBepiHyTb 3T0T perJiaMSHT. 

Bo Ecex BbimeyKaaaHHtK cjiyqaax KoMUTeT npHHHMaeT pemeHaa 
^ojiLmHHCTBOM FoaocoB; AoMHTet BUAeaaeT aa CBoero cocTaBa npefl- 
ce,i];aTeaa, KaK 3 to 6yfleT yflodHO a b cooTBeTCTBaa c npaHij,anoM 
oaepeflHOCTa. O^HaKo, npa pasfleaeHaa roaocoB no Bonpocy od 
onpefleaenaa aan;, noflaescamax cy^y Tpadynaaa, aaa npecTynaoHaa, 

B KOTopHx oHa dyflyT odBaHHTBCH, dyflGT npHHHTO npeflao'Kenae Tofl 
CTopoHu, KOTopaa npeflaomaaa npeflaTB odsaHaeMoro cyfly aaa 
npefl'aBHTb euy onpefleaennue odBaneHaa. 

CTaTBa 15. FaaBHbie odBanaTeaa, fleacTBya aHflaBaflyaaBHO a 
B coTpyflHanecTBe npyr c apyroM, EHnoanawT caeflywmae odasan- 
HOCTa: 

a) peccaeflywT, codapaioT a npeflCTasaaioT flo aaa bo speMa 
cyaedHoro npopecca Bce HoodxoflaMbie flOKasaTeabCTBa; 

b) noflroTOBaawT odBanaTeabHaa aKT flaa yTBepffiflenaa KoMa- 
TeTOM B cooTBeTCTBaa c n."c" ct.H; 

c) npoasBOflaT npeflBapaTeabHbia flonpoc Bcex neodxoflaMHx 
CBa^eTeaea a noflcyflawbix; 

d) BKCTynaMT b KaaecTse odBanaTeaea na cy^e; 

e) HasHanawT ynoaHOMoneHHbix ^aa BanoaneHaa Tanax odasaa- 
HOCTeii, KaKae dy^yT aw nopyneau; 

f) npoasBOflaT flpyrae ,ri;eacTBaa, KOTopae OKasyTca aeodxo- 
flHMHMa B peaax noaroTOBKa aeaa a npoasBOflCTsa cyaa. 

yeTaaaEaaBaeTca, nao aa oaaa CBaaeaeaB aaa noacyaaMHa, 
coaepacaiaaaca noa CTpaiKea KaKoa-aado aa IToanacamaxca Cxopoa, 
ae dyaeT BsaT aa-noa saacaa SToa CTopoau dea ee'coraacaa. 

ly. 

nPOLTECCyAJIBHH E TAPAHTM JIJM n QJcyilB/IHK 
CTa TBH 16. Jlaa odecnenenaa cnpaBeaaasoro cyaa aaa noa- 
cyaaMHMa ycTaaaBaaBaeTCH caeaywmaH nopaaoK: 


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40 


7. 

a) B o6BiiHMTe;ii)HUM, aKT BKJiwMaioTCB Bce noflpodHOCTM, ^e- 
TajiBHO nBJiarawiUMe odBHHeHHH npoTMB noflcyfliiMoro. 

KonHH odBHHHTfiJiBHoro aKTa H Bcex flOKyweHTOB, HanpaBJiae- 
MHX BMecTe c odBMHHTea&HHM aKTOM, nepeBefleHHHG Ha hbhk, ko- 
Topm" noflcyflMMbiM noHHMaeT, nepe^aioTca ewiy sadaaroEpeMeHHo p,o 
Hanaaa cypa. 

b ) IIpH JiiodoM npeaBapHTeaLHOM flonpoce h hp, cyfle noflcy- 
flMMHH KMeeT npaBo flaEaTL aiodae od'acHeHMa no odcTOHTejiBCTBe.M 
BHflBHHyTbIX npOTHB HerO OdBKHeHHM. 

c) lipeflBapHTeaBHHH flonpoc no^cyAHMoro a cyflednoe aace- 
flanne dy^yT BecTHCB am nepeBOflMTBca na bshk, kotophK noflcy- 
flaMHH noHHMaeT. 

d) IIoflcyflKMUM KMeeT npano aamamaTBca na cyfle aanHO hjim 
npM noMoiflK aaiflHTHHKa. 

e) IIoflcyflHMHM KMeeT npaEO annHO kjik nepea aaiflKTHMKa 
npeflCTaBJiHTB Ha cyfle flOKaaaTejiBCTBa e cbok) aa^HTy k noflaep- 
raTB nepeKpecTHOMy flonpocy'aiodoro CBHfleTean, BBiaBaHHoro od- 
BKHeHKeM. 

y. 

IIPABj\ TPIIEY HAJIA 1 CyjIE EHOE BACE JAHITE 

CTaT B H 17. Tpadynaa KMeeT npaBo; 

a) BH3HBaT& CBKfleTeaefi Ha cy.ii,, TpedOBaTB kx npacyTCTEKH 
H noKaaaHKK k aaflaBaTB km BonpocH; 

b) flonparuKBaTB noflcyflKMoro; 

c) TpedOBaTB npefl'asaeHKH flOKyMenTOB k flpyrax MaTepna- 

aoB, KcnoxBayeMHx KaK flOKaaaTejiBCTBa; 

d) npKBOflKTB K npKcare CBKfleTejien; 

e) HaananaTB floascHocTHUx xki^ flna BHnojiHeHKH yKaaanHhix 
TpadyHaaoM aaflan, BKTwnaH codapaHMe flOKaaaTeJiBCTB no nojiHO- 
MOi^iKK) TpKdynaaa. 




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8 . 


GTa. TBfl 18; TpHdyHan j^ojiHen: 

a) cTporo orpaHHMHBaTL cyflefiHoe paafipipaTe jibctbo ducTpuM 
paCCMOTpeHHeM BOnpOCOB, CBHSaHHHX c OfiBHHeHiieM; 

b) npuHMwaTB CTpome Mepti fljin npeflOTBpa^eniiB jik)6lix bh- 
CTynjieHHM, KOToptie MoryT BUSEaTB HeonpaBflUBaewiyio aaflepsKy 
npoLtecca, HCKjiiouaTB KaKwe dH to hh dHJio ne OTHOCB[i;HecB: k fle- 
Jiy Bonpocu h saHBJieHHa; 

c) npMHHMBTB pOEHTeJIBHHe MepH BO BCGX HenOfl^H- 

HGHMH TpedoBaHHHM cyfla V. HajiaraxB Hafljieffiamue BBHCKaHHH, bk^iw- 
qan JiHmeHHe ;iK)doro no^cyflUMoro sajir ero aamwTHHKa npasa npn- 
cyxcTBOBaTB Ha Bcex hjih hgkotophx saceflaHnax, OflHaKO dea ymep 
da flM paccjieflOEaHMH odEHHeaHil. 

CxaTBA 19. Tpadynaji ne floaweH dbiTB CBaaaH (^^opMauBHOCTH- 
MH B HcnonBaoEaHHH flOKaaoTejiBCTB. Oh ycTaHaBaMBaeT h npaMena- 
ex E03M0HH0 6ojiee dHCxpyfo w HeocaoKeHHyw (^lopMaaBHOCxHMM npo- 
peflypy h flonycKaex Jiwdne flOKaaaxeaBCXBa, Koxopue, no ero mhs- 
HKK), HMewx flOKaaaxejiBHVK) cnny. 

C xaxBH 20. TpHdynaji Momex noxpedoBaxB, qxodH eMy cood- 
mzan o xapaKxepe nwdbix flOKasaxeiiBCXB nepefl xew, Kan ohm dy- 
flyx npeflcxaBneHH, c xew, nxodH Tpudynaji Mor onpefleanT&, ox- 
hochtch jih ohm k flejiy. 

CxaxBfl 21. Tpudyaan He dy^ex xpedoBaxB flOKasareaBOXB 
odmeHBBecxHbix cJaKXOB H dyflex cnnxaxB hx flOKasaHHHMM. Tpudy- 
Haa xaKHce dysex npHHMMaxB dea flOKaaaxejiBCXB 0(jMij,HajiBHHe npa- 
xeriBCXBeHHbie flOKyMenxH h flOKna^H Od'eflHHeHHbix Kaunfi, BKawnaa 
aKXbi H flOKyMeHXbi KOMHxexoB, coaflaHHHX B paanHHHHx cowaHbix 
cxpanax flJiH paccneflOBaHHH BoenHbix npecxynnennii, npoxoKOJiH n 
npnroBopbi BoenHHx hjih flpyrnx xp^dynaiiOB Kaafloii Ha Od’eflHHeH- 
HblX HapHH. 

CxaTBH 22- IIocxoHHHoe MecxoHaxoHfleHne 'ipudynajia - Bep- 
jinH, IlepBHe aaceflaHHH hjighob Tpudynana m TjiaBHHx OdBMHHxeaeS 






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42 


9. 


COCTOHTCH TaKKe B EepjiMHe, B TOM MecTe, KOTopoe dyflST onpefle- 
Jieno KoHTpoJiBHbiM CoBe-TOM B repMaHHH. IlepBHM npoij,ecc coctohtch 
B HiopeHdepre, a nocjieflywmHe npoueccH coctohtch b MecTax no 
onpefleneHHK) TpHdynana. 

CTaTBfl 23 . B KaH;^ 0 M cyflednoM nponecce ynacTByioT oamh 
KJiH HecKonbKO rnaBHHX odBHHHTeneM. '^yHKttHH rJiaBHoro o6bmhh- 
TejiH MoryT BHnojiHHTSCH HxM JiHnno nxM nwdbLM jihliom hjih jiimaMM 
no ero nojiHOMonnio. 

^yHKnMH samHTHiiKa MoryT BHnoitHHTLCH no xOflaTaJ^CTBy no;?- 
cyflHMoro nwdHU a^BOKaTOu, HMewmHM npaBO BHCTynaTL na cyfle b 
ero poflHoS CTpane, mjih jiiodniv! Apyrnw jihi^om, KOTopoe dy^ex cne- 
nnanbHO ynojiHOMoneno na 3 to TpndyHajioM. 

CTaTBH 24 . CyfledHoe saceflaHne npoxo^HT b cne^yiomeM no- 

pnflKe: 

a) orjiaraaeTCH odBHHiiTejiBHHM aKT na cy^e; 

b) Tpndynax onparaHsaeT noflcyflUMbix, npHanaiOT jih ohh cedn 
bhhobhhmh; 

c) odBHHHTent nponaHocHT, BCTynHTejiBHyio penB; 

d) Tpndynaji onpaniHEaeT odBHHnTejieM h samiiTHHKOB, HueioT- 
CH nvL y HKx H KaKHG xoflaTaMcTsa o npeflCTaBJienHH flOKasaTejiBCTB, 
nocjne nero Tpudynan bbihocht onpeflenenHe no 3 thm xoflaTancTBaM;- 

e) flonpafflHBaioTCH CBUfleTeJin odBHHeHun, a aaTew CBHfleTe- 
m 3a[4HTH, nocjie qero odBHHUTejin hm aaiuHTHMKH rgjeflCTaBJiHtoT 
Tanne flOKasaTenBCTsa b onpoBepKenne flOKasaTejiBCTB, npeflCTaB- 
;ieHHHx flpyroM cToponofi, KaKHe Tpndynax npHSHaeT flonycTMMHMii; 

f ) TpHdynaJi mohcgt b Jiwdoe spewH aa^iaBaTB JiiodHe BonpocH 
jirodoMy H3 CBHfleTeneM h noflcyflHMHx; 

g ) odBHHeHHe H aamHTa flonpainKBawT h MoryT noflBepraa?B 
nepeKpecTHOwy flonpocy jiiodoro CBHfleTejia n Jiwdoro noflcyflHMoro, 
KOTopHS flaeT noKaaaHHfl; 

h) aamHTHMK npoM3HOCHT aamHTHTejiBHyw peqB; 

i) OdBHHMTeaB npOHSHOCHT OdBHHMTeJIBHyK) penB; 



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10 . 


j ) KaKflHM H3 noflcyflHMbK BnpaBe BHCTynuTB c nocjieflHHM 

CJIOBOM ; 

k) TpHdyHaji buhocht npuroBop. 

CTaTBH 26. Bee o^HutnajiBHHe flOKyMenTH npeflCTaBnaioTCH m 
Bce cyfledHbie saceflaHna BeayTca Ha pyccKOM, aHrjizBcKOM m (ppaH- 
pyscKOM HBUKax H Ha H3HKe noflcyflzMoro. Ha hsuk toB CTpaHH, b 
KOTopoM saceflae-T Tpudynaa, moscgt dHTB nepeBeflena TaKaa nacTB 
npoTOKOJiOB H cyfledHoro aaceflanzH, KaKyw TpzdyHaji npaanaeT 
HeaaTejiBHoB b ZHTepeeax npaBOcy^zH z odmecTBennoro MHeHza. 


yi. 

npMroBOP 

Cthtba 26. IIpzroBop Tpzdyaajia floasceH coflepKaTB motzbu, 

Ha ocHOEanzz KOTopnx oh BHHeceH; npzroBop HBJiaeTCH oKonaaTeaB- 
HKM z He noflaeszT nepecMOTpy. 

CTaTBH 27. Tpzdynaa zMeeT npaso npzroEopzTB bzhobhopo 
K CMepTHoB KasHZ zjiz flpyroMy naKasanzH), KOTopoe Tpzdynaa npz- 
3HaeT cnpaBeflHZBHM. 

CTaTBH 28. Tpzdyaan BnpaBe b flonoJineaze k onpefleneHnoMy 
ZM HaKaaaHHio nocTaHOBZTB od OTodpaazz y ocysfleHHoro Harpadnea- 
Horo ZMyDjjecTBa z pacnopnflZTBCH o nepeflane 3Toro ZMymecTBa Koh- 
TpoHBHOMy CoBCTy b PepuaHzz. 

CTaTBH 29. B CHynae ocysflenzH npzroBop npzBOflZTCH b zc- 
noHHeHze cornacHO npzKasy KoHTpojiBHoro CoseTa b PepuaHzz; 
KOHTpOHBHHB COBBT MOKCT B Hiodoe BpeMH CMHmZTB ZHZ KaKZM-JlZdO 
odpaaoM ZBMeHZTB npzroBop, ho ne womeT noBHCZTB naKasanze. 

Echz nocne ocyscflenzH noflcy^zMoro z BhmeceHza npzroEopa Koh- 
TpoHBHUz CoBeT HOJiynzT HOBHe flOKaaaTejiBCTBa, KOTopne, no ero 
MHeHZW, flaiOT OCHOBaHZe flJlH BOSdyHflGHZH HOBOrO OdBZHeHZH npo- 
TZB noflcyflZMoro, oh coodmzT od stzx flOKaeaTeiiBCTBax KoMZTeTy, 
yqpencfleHHOMy b cootbotctezz co CTaTBez 14 nacTOHinero YcTaBa. 






[E.A.S. 472] 


44 


II.- 


Komhtgt nocTynHT, KaK oh HafifleT HymHHM b HHTepecax npaBocy/^MH, 

yn. 

P A C X 0 J H. 

C TaT BH 30. PacxoflH no coflepncaHHio Tpadynana h npoBeASHHio 
cy;^edHbIX npoij,eccoB dyflyT noKpHBaTBCH IIoflnHcaBmHMHCH CToponaMH 
3a cneT $OHflOB, BHfleneHHbix na coflep®aHze KoHTponBHoro OoseTa 
B PepMaHMM. 




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[E.A.S. 472] 


PROTOCOL 

Wliereas an Agreement and Charter regarding the Prosecution of 
War Criminals was signed in London on the 8th August 1945, in the 
English, French, and Russian languages. 

And whereas a discrepancy has been found to exist between the 
originals of Article 6, paragraph (c), of the Charter in the Russian 
language, on the one hand, and the originals in the English and 
French languages, on the other, to wit, the semi-colon in Article 6, 
paragraph (c), of the Charter between the words “war’' and “or,” 
as carried in the English and French texts, is a comma in the Russian 
text. 

And whereas it is desired to rectify this discrepancy: 

Now, THEREFORE, the Undersigned, signatories of the said Agree¬ 
ment on behalf of their respective Governments, duly authorized 
thereto, have agreed that Article 6, paragraph (c), of the Charter in 
the Russian text is correct, and that the meaning and intention of 
the Agreement and Charter require that the said semi-colon in the 
English text should be changed to a comma, and that the French text 
should be amended to read as follows: 

c) LES CRIMES coNTRE l’humanite: c’est 4 dire l’assassinat> 
rextermination, la reduction en esclavage, la deportation, 
et tout autre acte inhumain commis centre toutes populations 
civiles, avant ou pendant la guerre, ou' bien les persecutions 
pour des motifs politiques, raciaux, ou religieux, lorsque ces 
actes ou persecutions, qu’ils aient constitue ou non une violation 
du droit interne du pays ou ils ont ete perpetres, ont ete commis 
a la suite de tout crime rentrant dans la competence du Tribunal, 
ou en liaison avec ce crime. 

In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the present 
Protocol. 

Done in quadruplicate in Berlin this 6th day of October, 1945, each 
in English, French, and Russian, and each text to have equal 
authenticity. 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Robert H Jackson 

FOR THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC 

F. DE Menthon 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT 
BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 

Hartley Shawcross 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST 
REPUBLICS 

P Pyaehko 


[E.A.S. 472] 


46 


PROTOCOL 

Whereas an Agreement and Charter regarding the Prosecution of 
War Criminals was signed in London on the 8th August, 1945, in the 
English, French and Russian languages. 

And whereas a discrepancy has been found to exist between the 
originals of Article 6, paragraph (c), of the Charter in the Russian 
language, on the one hand, and the originals in the English and 
French languages, on the other, to wit, the semi-colon in Article G, 
paragraph (c), of the Charter between the words “war” and “or”, 
as carried in the English and French texts, is a comma in the Russian 
text. 

And whereas it is desired to rectify this discrepancy: 

Now, THEREFORE, the Undersigned, signatories of the said Agree¬ 
ment on behalf of their respective Governments, have agreed that 
Article 6, paragraph (c), of the Charter in the Russian text is cor¬ 
rect, and that the meaning and intention of the Agreement and Charter 
require that the said semi-colon in the English text should be changed 
to a comma, and that the French text should be amended to read as 
follows: 

c) LES CRIMES coNTRE l’humanitei c’est 4 dire Passassinat> 
I’extermination, la reduction en esclavage, la deportation, 
et tout autre acte inhumain commis centre toutes populations 
civiles, avant ou pendant la guerre, ou bien les persecutions 
pour des motifs politiques, raciaux ou religieux, lorsque ces 
actes ou persecutions, qu’ils aient constitue ou non une violation 
du droit interne du pays ou ils ont ete perpetres, ont ete commis 
a la suite de tout crime rentrant dans la competence du Tribunal, 
ou en liaison avec ce crime. 

In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the present 
Protocol. 

Done in quadruplicate in Berlin this 6th day of October, 1945, each 
in English, French and Russian, and each text to have equal 
authenticity. 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Robert H Jackson 

FOR THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC 
F. DE Menthon 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT 
BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 

Hartley Shawcross 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST 
REPUBLICS 

P Pyr;ehko 


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[E.A.S. 472] 


PROTOCOLE 

Attendu qu’un Accort et un Statut concernant la poursuite des 
criminels de guerre out et6 signes a Londres le 8 Aout 1945 en langues 
frangaise, anglaise et russe. 

Attendu qu’une divergence a ete decouverte entre le texte original 
en langue russe de Particle 6, paragraphe (c) du Statut d'une part 
et les originaux en langues anglaise, et frangaise de Pautre, a savoir 
que le point virgule, place entre les mots “war” et “or” dans le texte 
anglais, “guerre” et “ou” dans le texte frangais de Particle 6, para¬ 
graphe (c) de la Charte, figure conime virgule dans le texte russe. 

Attendu qu’il importe de faire disparaitre cette divergence; 

En consequence, les soussignes, signataires du dit Accord au nom 
de leurs Gouvernements respectifs, ont convenu que Particle 6, para¬ 
graphe (c) de la Charte est correctement redige dans le texte russe 
et que le sens et Pintention de PAccord et du Statut exigent que le dit 
point virgule du texte anglais soit transforme en virgule et que le texte 
faangais soit amende comme suit: 

(c) LES CRIMES CONTRE l’humanite: c’cst a dire Passassinat, Pex- 
termination, la reduction en esclavage, la deportation et tout autre 
acte inhumain commis contre toutes populations civiles, avant ou 
pendant la guerre, ou bien les persecutions pour des motifs politiques 
raciaux ou reiigieux, lorsque ces actes ou persecutions, qu’ils aient 
constitue ou non une violation du droit interne du pays ou ils ont ete 
perpetres, ont ete commis a la suite de tout crime rentrant dans la 
competence du Tribunal, ou en liaison avec ce crime. 

En foi de quoi, les soussignes ont signe le present Protocole 

Fait en quatre exemplaires a Berlin le 6 Octobre 1945 chacun en 
anglais, en frangais et en russe et chacun faisant egalement foi. 

POUR LE GOUVERNEMENT DES ETATS-UNIS D’ AMERIQUE 

Robert H Jackson 

POUR LE GOUVERNEMENT PROVISOIRE DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRAN- 
gAISE 

F. DE Menthon 

POUR LE GOVERNEMENT DU ROYAUME-UNI DE GRANDE BRE- 
TAGNE ET DE L’IRLANDE DU NORD 

Hartley Shawcross 

POUR LE GOUVERNEMENT DE L’UNION DES REPUBLIQUES SOCIA- 
LISTES SOVIETIQUES. 


P Pyaehko 


[E.A.S. 472] 


48 


nPOTOKOJI 

OTHocHTejibHo CorjiameHHH h YcTaBa no oSsHHeHnio rjiasHBix 
npecTynHHKOB bohhh, no^nHcaHHoro b JIoHp;oHe 8 aBrycTa 1945r. 
Ha aHrjiHHCKOM, (JjpaHpyscKOM n pyccKOM aatiKax; 

OTHOCHTeJIBHO HeCOOTBGTCTBHfl, KOTOpOO 6 l>IJIO o 6 HapyJKeHO, MGJKJ^y 
opnrHHajioM cTaTtn 6 , naparpa(|)a /c/ VcTaBa na pyccKOM asbiKe, c 
OAHOH CTOpOHbl, H OpnrHHaJiaMH Ha aHrjIHHCKOM H (j[)paHny3CK0M 
H3tiKax, c ji;pyroH cTopoHbi, a HMenno: b aHFJiHiieKOM n ^pannyacKOM 
TGKCTax cTaTbH 6 , naparpa(J)a /c/ VcTaBa MejKp;y cjioBaMH ‘‘Bonna’’ n 
“hjih” nocTaBJiGHa TonKa c aanaToii, b to Bpena, kbk b pyccKOM 
TGKCTe CTOHT 3anaTaa. 

Tan KaK jKeaaTeabHo ncnpaBHTb 3 To HecooTBeTCTBne, nnatenoA- 
nncaBrnneca anpa, noAnncaBrnne Coraanienne ot HMenn cootbgt- 
cTByiomnx npaBHTeabCTB, ^o^oBopHaHCb o tom, hto pyccKnii tgkct 
CT aTbH 6 , naparpa^a /c/ npaBnaen h hto cMbica h peab CoraameHna 
H VcTaBa Tpe 6 yioT Toro, htoSw Tonna c aanaToii b aHranficKOM 
TCKCTC 6 biaa naMeHena na aanaTyio, a (jbpannyacKHH tckct fl;oajKeH 
HHTaTbca cae^yion^HM oSpaaoM: 

c) LEs CRIMES coNTRE l’humanite: c’cst ^ dire Passassinat, Pex- 
termination, la reduction en esclavage, la deportation, et tout autre 
acte inhumain commis contre toutes populations civiles, avant ou 
pendant la guerre, ou bien les persecutions pour des motifs politiques, 
raciaux, ou religieux, lorsque ces actes ou persecutions, qu’ils aient 
constitue ou non une violation du droit interne du pays ou Us ont 
ete perpetres, ont ete commis k la suite de tout crime rentrant dans 
la competence du Tribunal, ou en liaison avec ce crime. 

B y^ocoBepenne nero HHJKenoAnHcaBniHecn nognncajiH 3 tot 
npOTOKOJl. 

CocTaBjieHo b Bepunne 6 0 KTn 6 pH 1945 r. b ueTbipex 9 K 3 eMnjiapax 
KaJKgbiii, Ha aHrjiuHCKOM, ^panpyacKOM h pyccKOM aabiKax. 
KajKgbiH TGKCT HMeeT ogHHaKOByio cHay. 

no ynojiHOMonnio nPABHTEJiLCTBA 

COEHHHEHHLIX HITATOB AMEPHKH: 

Robert H Jackson 

no ynojiHOMonnio bpemehhopo nPABH- 
TEJILCTBA OPAHnySCKOH PECnYBJIHKH: 

Francois de Menthon 

no YnOJIHOMOnniO nPABHTEJIBCTBA 
COEHHHEHHOrO KOPOJIEBCTBA BEJIHKO- 
BPHTAnnH H CEBEPHOa HPJIAHUHH; 

Hartley Shawcross. 

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COI lHAJIHCTHnECKHX PECnyBJIHK; 


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